Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that as of the Closing Date: (i) The Seller is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing its creation and existence and has full corporate power and authority to own its property, to carry on its business as presently conducted, and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement; (ii) The execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller; neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions herein or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof or thereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Seller; (iii) The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof; (iv) Each of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against it in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally and (B) general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and (v) There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting the Seller, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or (B) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement. (b) The representations and warranties of each Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as of the date of such Transfer Agreement. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Date, as to each, that: (i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is given; (ii) There are no defaults (other than delinquency in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgage, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paid; (iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA or FHLMC. If upon origination of a Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; (iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission; (v) Each Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee; (vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement; (vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy; (viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan. (ix) There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended; (x) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage; (xi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act; (xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws; (xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period); (xiv) As of the Closing Date, other than with respect to Retained Interest, no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (i) a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan; (xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings; (xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan; (xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seq.); no Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act (N.M.
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Sources: Mortgage Loan Sale and Assignment Agreement (Structured Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan Trust Series 2006-7), Mortgage Loan Sale and Assignment Agreement (Structured Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan Trust Series 2007-2), Mortgage Loan Sale and Assignment Agreement (Structured Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan Trust Series 2006-8)
Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that as of the Closing DateOwner Trustee that:
(ia) The Seller has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing its creation and existence and has full corporate of the State of Delaware, with power and authority to own its property, properties and to carry on conduct its business as such properties are presently conductedowned and such business is presently conducted and had at all relevant times, and now has, power, authority and legal right to enter into acquire and perform own the Receivables.
(b) The Seller is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing, and has obtained all necessary licenses and approvals in all jurisdictions in which the ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its obligations under business requires such qualifications.
(c) The Seller has the power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement;
(ii) The execution and delivery by to carry out its terms, the Seller has full power and authority to sell and assign the property to be sold and assigned to and deposited with the Trust, and the Seller has duly authorized such sale and assignment to the Trust by all necessary corporate action, and the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement have been duly authorized by the Seller by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller; neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, nor the action.
(d) The consummation of the transactions herein contemplated by this Agreement and the fulfillment of the terms of this Agreement do not conflict with, result in any breach of any of the terms and provisions of or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof or thereof, will conflict constitute (with or result in a breach of, without notice or constitute lapse of time) a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws by-laws of the Seller;
, or any indenture, agreement or other instrument to which the Seller is a party or by which it is bound, or result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of its properties pursuant to the terms of any such indenture, agreement or other instrument (iii) The executionother than pursuant to the Basic Documents), delivery and performance by or violate any law or, to the Seller’s knowledge, any order, rule or regulation applicable to the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not require the consent any court or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect offederal or state regulatory body, any state, federal administrative agency or other governmental authority instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Seller or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;any of its properties.
(ive) Each of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement has been This Agreement, when duly executed and delivered by the Seller anddelivered, assuming due authorizationshall constitute a legal, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against it in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the creditors’ rights of creditors generally in general and (B) by general principles of equity equity, regardless of whether such enforcement enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and.
(vf) There are no actionsproceedings or, suits or proceedings to the Seller’s knowledge, investigations pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller’s knowledge, threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting the Seller, before or by any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, arbitrator agency or other tribunal or governmental body instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Seller or its properties (Ai) with respect asserting the invalidity of this Agreement or any Certificates issued pursuant hereto or, (ii) seeking to prevent the issuance of such Certificates or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement (iii) seeking any determination or (B) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller ruling that might materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement.
(b) The representations and warranties of each Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as of the date of such Transfer Agreement. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach performance by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under under, or the provisions of validity or enforceability of, such Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan Certificates or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Date, as to each, that:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is given;
(ii) There are no defaults (other than delinquency in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgage, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paid;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA or FHLMC. If upon origination of a Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(x) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(xi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period);
(xiv) As of the Closing Date, other than with respect to Retained Interest, no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (i) a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seq.); no Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act (N.M.
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Sources: Trust Agreement (Navistar Financial 2004-B Owner Trust), Trust Agreement (Navistar Financial Corp), Trust Agreement (Navistar Financial Corp)
Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that as of the Closing DateOwner Trustee that:
(ia) The Seller has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing its creation and existence and has full corporate of the State of Delaware, with power and authority to own its property, properties and to carry on conduct its business as such properties are presently owned and such business is presently conducted, and had at all relevant times, and now has, power, authority and legal right to enter into acquire and own the Receivables contemplated to be transferred to the Trust pursuant to the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement.
(b) The Seller is duly qualified to do business and, where necessary is in good standing (or is exempt from such requirement), and has obtained all necessary licenses and approvals in all jurisdictions in which the ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualifications, except where the failure to so qualify or obtain licenses or approvals would not have a material adverse effect on its ability to perform its obligations under the Basic Documents to which it is a party.
(c) The Seller has the power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement Agreement, to carry out its terms and to consummate the transactions contemplated herein; and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement;
(ii) The execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller; neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions herein or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof or thereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Seller;
(iii) The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not require herein have been duly authorized by the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;Seller by all necessary corporate action.
(ivd) Each The execution of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against it in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally and (B) general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and
(v) There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting the Seller, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or (B) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement.
(b) The representations and warranties of each Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as of the date of such Transfer Agreement. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Date, as to each, that:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is given;
(ii) There are no defaults (other than delinquency in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgage, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paid;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA or FHLMC. If upon origination of a Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein by this Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, the Seller and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien fulfillment of the Mortgageterms of this Agreement by the Seller shall not conflict with, result in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect breach of any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: terms and provisions of or constitute (1with or without notice or lapse of time) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositordefault under, the Seller was the sole owner certificate of record and holder incorporation or by-laws of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has doneor any indenture, agreement, mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument to which the Seller is a party or by act which it is bound, or omissionresult in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of its properties pursuant to the terms of any such indenture, anything that would impair agreement, mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument (other than pursuant to the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To Basic Documents), or violate any law or, to the best of the Seller’s 's knowledge, no foreclosure action is being threatened any order, rule or commenced with respect regulation applicable to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation Seller of any Mortgaged Property (or, in Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(x) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(xi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) Seller or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period);
(xiv) As of the Closing Date, other than with respect to Retained Interest, no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (i) a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seqits properties.); no Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act (N.M.
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Sources: Trust Agreement (Wholesale Auto Receivables Corp), Trust Agreement (Ace Securities Corp), Trust Agreement (Goldman Sachs Asset Backed Securities Corp)
Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that as of the Closing Date:
(i) The Seller is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing its creation and existence and has full corporate power and authority to own its property, to carry on its business as presently conducted, and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement;
(ii) The execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller; neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions herein or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof or thereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Seller;
(iii) The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;
(iv) Each of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against it in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally and (B) general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and
(v) There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting the Seller, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or (B) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement.
(b) The representations and warranties of each Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as of the date of such Transfer Agreement. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Date, as to each, that:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is given;
(ii) There are no defaults (other than delinquency in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgage, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paid;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA or FHLMC. If upon origination of a the Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(x) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(xi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period);
(xiv) As of the Closing Date, other than with respect to Retained Interest, no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (i) a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seq.); no Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act (N.M.
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Sources: Mortgage Loan Sale and Assignment Agreement (Structured Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan Trust Series 2006-6), Mortgage Loan Sale and Assignment Agreement (Structured Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan Trust Series 2006-5), Mortgage Loan Sale and Assignment Agreement (Structured Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan Trust Series 2006-3)
Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that as of the Closing DateOwner Trustee that:
(ia) The Seller has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing its creation and existence and has full corporate of the State of Delaware, with power and authority to own its property, properties and to carry on conduct its business as such properties are presently conductedowned and such business is presently conducted and had at all relevant times, and now has, power, authority and legal right to enter into acquire and perform own the Receivables contemplated to be transferred to the Trust pursuant to the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement.
(b) The Seller is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing, and has obtained all necessary licenses and approvals in all jurisdictions in which the ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its obligations under business requires such qualifications.
(c) The Seller has the power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement;
(ii) The execution and delivery by any other Basic Documents to which the Seller is a party and to carry out its terms, the Seller has full power and authority to sell and assign the property to be sold and assigned to and deposited with the Issuer as part of the Trust and the Seller has duly authorized such sale and assignment to the Issuer by all necessary corporate action; and the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement have been duly authorized by the Seller by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller; neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions herein or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof or thereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Seller;action.
(iiid) The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;
(iv) Each of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against it in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally and (B) general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and
(v) There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting the Seller, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or (B) with respect to any other matter Basic Documents to which in the judgment Seller is a party, and the fulfillment of the Seller will be determined adversely terms of this Agreement and any other Basic Documents to which the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its businessis a party do not conflict with, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement.
(b) The representations and warranties result in any breach of each Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as any of the date terms and provisions of such Transfer Agreement. To the extent that any fact, condition or event constitute (with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach or without notice or lapse of both (itime) a representation or warranty of a Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreementdefault under, the sole right certificate of incorporation or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx) shall be direct obligations by-laws of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of , or any indenture, agreement or other instrument to which the Seller is a party or by which it is bound, or result in this Section 1.04(b) (other than the representations and warranties made creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of its properties pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Date, as to each, that:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is given;
(ii) There are no defaults (other than delinquency in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgagesuch indenture, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paid;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings agreement or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such instrument (other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located than pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA or FHLMC. If upon origination of a Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged PropertyBasic Documents). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, violate any other partylaw or, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s 's knowledge, no foreclosure action is being threatened any order, rule or commenced with respect regulation applicable to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation Seller of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case court or of any Cooperative Loanfederal or state regulatory body, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado administrative agency or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(x) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(xi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) Seller or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period);
(xiv) As of the Closing Date, other than with respect to Retained Interest, no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (i) a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seqits properties.); no Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act (N.M.
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Sources: Trust Agreement (Capital Auto Receivables Inc), Trust Agreement (Capital Auto Receivables Inc), Trust Agreement (Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust 2004-2)
Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that as of the Closing Date:
(i) The Seller is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing its creation and existence and has full corporate power and authority to own its property, to carry on its business as presently conducted, and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement;
(ii) The execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement have has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller; neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions herein or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof or thereofhereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Seller;
(iii) The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;
(iv) Each of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against it in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally and (B) general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and
(v) There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting the Seller, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or (B) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement.
(b) The representations and warranties of each the Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as of the date of such Transfer Agreement. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a the Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such the Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such the Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Date, as to each, that:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is given;
(ii) There are no defaults (other than delinquency in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgage, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paid;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA or FHLMC. If upon origination of a Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(x) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(xi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period);
(xiv) As of the Closing Date, other than with respect to Retained Interest, no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (i) a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seq.); no Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act (N.M.
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Sources: Mortgage Loan Sale and Assignment Agreement (GreenPoint Mortgage Funding Trust 2006-Ar5), Mortgage Loan Sale and Assignment Agreement (GreenPoint Mortgage Funding Trust 2006-Ar6), Mortgage Loan Sale and Assignment Agreement (GreenPoint Mortgage Funding Trust 2006-Ar4)
Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that as of the Closing Date:
(i) The the Seller is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing its creation and existence and has full corporate power and authority to own its property, to carry on its business as presently conducted, conducted and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement;
(ii) The the execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller; neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or this Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions therein or herein or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof thereof or thereofhereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Seller;
(iii) The the execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby and hereby and thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;
(iv) Each each of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against it in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally and (B) general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and
(v) There there are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting the Seller, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or this Agreement or (B) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or this Agreement.
(b) The representations and warranties of each Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as of the date of such Transfer Agreement. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made by it pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii1.04(b)(xii)¸(xiii), 1.04(b)(xvii(xiv), 1.04(b)(xviii(xv), 1.04(b)(xix(xvii) and 1.04(b)(xx(xviii)) , shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii(xiii), 1.04(b)(xviii(xiv), 1.04(b)(xix(xv), (xvii) and 1.04(b)(xx(xviii) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than the those representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii(xiii), 1.04(b)(xviii(xiv), 1.04(b)(xix(xv), (xvii) and 1.04(b)(xx(xviii)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans (except in the case of those representation and warranties made by it pursuant to 1.04(b)(xii), (xiii), (xiv), (xv), (xvii) and (xviii)) if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Datehereunder, as to each, that, as of the Closing Date:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is given;
(ii) There are no defaults (other than delinquency in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgage, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paid;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA Xxxxxx Xxx or FHLMCXxxxxxx Mac. If upon origination of a the Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable such Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, with a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) . There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(xix) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(xix) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company company, or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xiixi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period)1.860G-2;
(xivxii) As of the Closing Date, other than with respect to Retained Interest, no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (i) a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Each Transferred Mortgage Loan, at the time it was originated, complied in all material respects with applicable local, state and federal laws, including, but not limited to, all applicable local, state and federal predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xvxiii) As of the Closing Date, no No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “High Cost Loan” or “Covered Loan,” as applicable, as such terms are defined in the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Datethen current Standard & Poor’s LEVELS® Glossary. In addition, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No no Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home,” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no ;
(xiv) No Transferred Mortgage Loan was at the time of origination subject to the Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act of 1994 (15 U.S.C. § 1602(c)), Regulation Z (12 CFR 226.32) or any comparable state law;
(xv) No Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated (or modified) on or after November 27March 1, 2002 and before March 7, 2003 which is secured by a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject mortgaged property located in Georgia;
(xvi) [Reserved]; and
(xvii) The information set forth in the Prepayment Charge Schedules included as part of the Mortgage Loan Schedules at Schedules A and B (including the Prepayment Charge Summary attached thereto) is complete, true and correct in all material respects on the date or dates on which such information is furnished and each Prepayment Charge is permissible, originated in compliance with, and enforceable in accordance with its terms under, applicable federal, state and local law (except to the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seqextent that the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, receivership and other similar laws affecting creditor’s rights generally or the collectibility thereof may be limited due to acceleration in connection with foreclosure).); no Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act (N.M.
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Sources: Mortgage Loan Sale and Assignment Agreement (Lehman Mortgage Trust 2006-6), Mortgage Loan Sale and Assignment Agreement (Lehman Mortgage Trust 2006-5), Mortgage Loan Sale and Assignment Agreement (Lehman Mortgage Trust 2006-2)
Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that as of the Closing DatePurchaser that:
(i) The 4.1.1 the Seller is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing its creation and existence of the State of Delaware and has full the corporate power and authority to own its property, to carry on its business as presently conducted, and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in the Assignment and Assumption AgreementState of Oregon;
(ii) The execution 4.1.2 the execution, delivery and delivery by performance of the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement Transaction Documents have been duly authorized authorised by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller; neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions herein or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof or thereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Seller;
(iii) The execution, delivery and performance 4.1.3 each consent required by the Seller of this Agreement and to authorise, or required by it in connection with the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and the consummation execution, delivery, performance, legality, validity or enforceability of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as Transaction Documents has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;
(iv) Each of this Agreement obtained and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against it in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally and (B) general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and
(v) There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting the Seller, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or (B) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement.
(b) The representations and warranties of each Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as of the date of such Transfer Agreement. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Date, as to each, that:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is given;
(ii) There are no defaults (other than delinquency in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgage, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paid;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA or FHLMC. If upon origination of a Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be there is no default in full force and effect and inure to the benefit observance or performance of any of the Depositor upon conditions and restrictions (if any) imposed on or in connection therewith;
4.1.4 the consummation entry by the Seller into, and performance by the Seller of the transactions contemplated by, the Transaction Documents do not and will not conflict with: (1) any law or regulation or any official or judicial order applicable to the Seller; (ii) the constitutional documents of the Seller; or (iii) any material agreement or document to which the Seller is a party or by which the Seller or any of its properties is bound or require any consent, approval or authorization of, the giving of notice to or registration with or taking any other action under any applicable law or regulation in respect of any governmental authority with jurisdiction, except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied4.1.5 no litigation or other proceeding before any court, cancelled, subordinated administrative agency or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage government body is subject only to: (1) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other partypending or, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledgeknowledge threatened against the Seller, no foreclosure action is being threatened the outcome of which could materially adversely affect the validity of the Transaction Documents or commenced with respect the rights, benefits or interest of the Purchaser conveyed hereunder;
4.1.6 the Seller holds good title to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) There is no proceeding pending for the total Aircraft, free and clear of all Encumbrances other than those created or partial condemnation granted by or through Purchaser, and upon Delivery, Seller shall convey to Purchaser, its successors and assigns, good title to the Aircraft, free and clear of any Mortgaged Property (orand all Encumbrances other than those created or granted by or through Purchaser;
4.1.7 the Seller holds all licenses, in certificates, permits and franchises from the case FAA and all other appropriate agencies of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) United States of America and/or other governmental authorities or political subdivisions thereof having jurisdiction necessary to authorize Seller to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents; and each such property certificate, permit and franchise is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(x) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (in full force and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(xi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period);
(xiv) As of the Closing Date, other than with respect to Retained Interest, no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (i) a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seqeffect.); no Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act (N.M.
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Sources: Aircraft Purchase Agreement (Erickson Air-Crane Inc), Aircraft Purchase Agreement (Erickson Air-Crane Inc), Aircraft Purchase Agreement (Erickson Air-Crane Inc)
Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that as of the Closing Date:
(i) The Seller is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing its creation and existence and has full corporate power and authority to own its property, to carry on its business as presently conducted, and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and Agreement, the Assignment and Assumption AgreementAgreement and the Bxxx of Sale;
(ii) The execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement and Agreement, the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and the Bxxx of Sale have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller; neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or Agreement, the Assignment and Assumption AgreementAgreement or the Bxxx of Sale, nor the consummation of the transactions herein or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof or thereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Seller;
(iii) The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and Agreement, the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and the Bxxx of Sale and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;
(iv) Each of this Agreement and Agreement, the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and the Bxxx of Sale has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption AgreementAgreement and the Bxxx of Sale, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against it in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally and (B) general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and
(v) There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting the Seller, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or Agreement, the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or the Bxxx of Sale or (B) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or Agreement, the Assignment and Assumption AgreementAgreement or the Bxxx of Sale.
(b) The representations and warranties of each Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as of the date of such Transfer Agreement. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Date, as to each, that:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is given;
(ii) There are no defaults (other than delinquency in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgage, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paid;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA or FHLMC. If upon origination of a Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(x) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(xi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period);
(xiv) As of the Closing Date, other than with respect to Retained Interest, no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (i) a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seq.); no Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act (N.M.
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Sources: Mortgage Loan Sale and Assignment Agreement (Structured Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan Trust Series 2007-9), Mortgage Loan Sale and Assignment Agreement (Structured Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan Trust Series 2007-8), Mortgage Loan Sale and Assignment Agreement (Structured Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan Trust Series 2007-10)
Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that as of the Closing Date:
(i) The Seller is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing its creation and existence and has full corporate power and authority to own its property, to carry on its business as presently conducted, and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement;
(ii) The execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement have has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller; neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions herein or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof or thereofhereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Seller;
(iii) The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;
(iv) Each of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, Depositor constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against it in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally and (B) general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and
(v) There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting the Seller, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or (B) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement.
(b) The representations and warranties of each Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as of the date of such Transfer Agreement. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix), 1.04(b)(xx) and 1.04(b)(xx1.04(b)(xxi)) shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix), 1.04(b)(xx) and 1.04(b)(xx1.04(b)(xxi) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix), 1.04(b)(xx) and 1.04(b)(xx1.04(b)(xxi)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Date, as to each, that:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is given;
(ii) There are no defaults (other than delinquency in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgage, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paid;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA or FHLMC. If upon origination of a Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(x) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(xi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period);
(xiv) As of the Closing Date, other than with respect to Retained Interest, no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (i) a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seq.); no Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act (N.M.
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Sources: Mortgage Loan Sale and Assignment Agreement (Lehman XS 2007-4n), Mortgage Loan Sale and Assignment Agreement (Lehman XS Trust Series 2007-7n), Mortgage Loan Sale and Assignment Agreement (Lehman XS Trust Series 2007-2n)
Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that as of the Closing Datefollows:
(ia) The Seller is a corporation duly organizedincorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing its creation of the State of Michigan and existence is duly qualified to do business, and has full corporate power and authority to own its propertyis in good standing, to carry on in every jurisdiction where the nature of its business as presently conducted, and requires it to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement;be so qualified.
(ii) The execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller; neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions herein or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof or thereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Seller;
(iiib) The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement Agreement, the Certificate and all other instruments and documents to be delivered hereunder (including the Assignment use by the Seller of the proceeds of Purchases), and Assumption Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby thereby, are within the Seller's corporate powers, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action, do not contravene (i) the Seller's charter or by-laws or (ii) law or any contractual restriction binding on or affecting the Seller and do not result in or require the consent creation of any lien, security interest or other charge or encumbrance upon or with respect to any of its properties; and no transaction contemplated hereby requires compliance with any bulk sales act or similar law.
(c) No authorization or approval ofor other action by, the giving of and no notice to, the registration to or filing with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agencyregulatory body is required for the due execution, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;
(iv) Each of this Agreement delivery and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement has been duly executed and delivered performance by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a the Certificate or any other document or instrument to be delivered hereunder except for the filing of the UCC Financing Statements referred to in Article III, all of which, at the time required in Article III, shall have been duly made and shall be in full force and effect.
(d) This Agreement constitutes, and the Certificate when delivered hereunder shall constitute, the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against it the Seller in accordance with its their respective terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to .
(Ae) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement The consolidated balance sheet of the rights Seller and its consolidated subsidiaries as at December 31, 1999, and the related consolidated statements of creditors income and retained earnings of the Seller and its consolidated subsidiaries for the fiscal year then ended, certified by Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent public accountants, a copy of which has been furnished to the Agent, fairly presents the consolidated financial condition of the Seller and its consolidated subsidiaries as at such date and the consolidated results of the operations of the Seller and its consolidated subsidiaries for the period ended on such date, all in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and since December 31, 1999, there has been no material adverse change in the business, condition (B) general principles financial or otherwise), results of equity regardless operations or properties of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity the Seller or at law; andof the Seller and its consolidated subsidiaries.
(vf) There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending orpending, or to the knowledge of the SellerSeller threatened, threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting the SellerSeller or any subsidiary, or the property of the Seller or of any subsidiary, in any court, or before any arbitrator of any kind, or before or by any courtgovernmental body, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any of which may materially adversely affect the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or (B) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment financial condition of the Seller will be determined adversely to or the Seller and will if determined adversely its consolidated subsidiaries taken as a whole (except to the Seller extent specifically described in the Seller's Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended December 31, 1999) or which may materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its the ability of the Seller to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment Certificate; neither the Seller nor any subsidiary is in default with respect to any order of any court, arbitrator or governmental body except for defaults with respect to orders of governmental agencies which defaults are not material to the business or operations of the Seller or any subsidiary.
(g) No proceeds of any Purchase will be used by the Seller to acquire any security in any transaction which is subject to Sections 13 and Assumption 14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
(h) Each Pool Receivable is (i) together with the Contract related thereto owned by the Seller free and clear of any Adverse Claim except as provided for herein and (ii) an Eligible Receivable; upon each Purchase or reinvestment, the Owner making such Purchase or reinvestment will acquire a valid and perfected first priority undivided percentage ownership interest, subject only to the lien, if applicable, of the Mortgage and Deed of Trust, dated as of October 1, 1924, as amended, between the Seller and First Chicago Trust Company of New York, as successor Trustee (the "Mortgage"), to the extent of the pertinent Eligible Asset in each Pool Receivable then existing or thereafter arising and in the Related Security and Collections with respect thereto free and clear of any Adverse Claim except as provided hereunder; and no effective financing statement or other instrument similar in effect covering any Pool Receivable or the Related Security or Collections with respect thereto is on file in any recording office except for the financing statement, if applicable, filed with respect to the Mortgage, and except such as may be filed in favor of CNAI, as Agent, in accordance with this Agreement.
(bi) The representations and warranties of each Transferor with respect Each Investor Report (if prepared by the Seller, or to the Transferred Mortgage Loans extent that information contained therein is supplied by the Seller), information, exhibit, financial statement, document, book, record or report (including descriptions of the Seller's credit and collection policies, billing systems and reporting systems) furnished at any time by the Seller to the Agent or any Owner in connection with this Agreement is accurate in all material respects as of its date or (except as otherwise disclosed to the applicable Transfer Agreement were made Agent or such Owner, as the case may be, at such time) as of the date so furnished, and no such document contains any material misstatement of fact or omits to state a material fact or any fact necessary to make the statements contained therein not materially misleading.
(j) The chief place of business and chief executive office of the Seller are located at the address of the Seller referred to in Section 11.02 hereof and the offices where the Seller keeps all its books, records and documents evidencing Pool Receivables or the related Contracts are located at the addresses specified in Schedule I hereto (or at such Transfer Agreement. To other locations, notified to the extent that Agent in accordance with Section 5.01(f), in jurisdictions where all action required by Section 6.05 has been taken and completed).
(k) The names and addresses of all the Special Account Banks, together with the account numbers of the Special Accounts of the Seller at such Special Account Banks, are specified in Schedule II hereto (or at such other Special Account Banks and/or with such other Special Accounts as have been notified to the Agent in accordance with Section 5.03(d)).
(l) Neither the Seller nor any factAffiliate of the Seller has any direct or indirect ownership or other financial interest in any Obligor.
(m) Each purchase of an Eligible Asset hereunder, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach and each reinvestment of both Collections in Pool Receivables made hereunder, will constitute (i) a representation or warranty "current transaction" within the meaning of a Transferor under Section 3(a)(3) of the applicable Transfer Agreement Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and (ii) a representation purchase or warranty other acquisition of notes, drafts, acceptances, open accounts receivable or other obligations representing part or all of the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy sales price of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Date, as to each, that:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is given;
(ii) There are no defaults (other than delinquency in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgage, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessmentsmerchandise, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paid;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA or FHLMC. If upon origination of a Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(x) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(xi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” services within the meaning of Section 860G 3(c)(5) of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period);
(xiv) As of the Closing Date, other than with respect to Retained Interest, no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (i) a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Investment Company Act of 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seq1940, as amended.); no Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act (N.M.
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Sources: Trade Receivables Purchase and Sale Agreement (Detroit Edison Securitization Funding LLC), Trade Receivables Purchase and Sale Agreement (Detroit Edison Co), Trade Receivables Purchase and Sale Agreement (Detroit Edison Securitization Funding LLC)
Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that as of the Closing Date:
(i) The Seller is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing its creation and existence and has full corporate power and authority to own its property, to carry on its business as presently conducted, and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement;
(ii) The execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller; neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions herein or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof or thereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Seller;
(iii) The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;
(iv) Each of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against it in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally and (B) general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and
(v) There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting the Seller, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or (B) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement.
(b) The representations and warranties of each Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as of the date of such Transfer Agreement. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix), 1.04(b)(xx) and 1.04(b)(xx1.04(b)(xxi)) shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix), 1.04(b)(xx) and 1.04(b)(xx1.04(b)(xxi) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix), 1.04(b)(xx) and 1.04(b)(xx1.04(b)(xxi)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Date, as to each, that:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is given;
(ii) There are no defaults (other than delinquency in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgage, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paid;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA or FHLMC. If upon origination of a Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(x) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(xi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period);
(xiv) As of the Closing Date, other than with respect to Retained Interest, no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (i) a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seq.); no Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act (N.M.
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Sources: Mortgage Loan Sale and Assignment Agreement (Lehman XS Trust Series 2006-16n), Mortgage Loan Sale and Assignment Agreement (Structured Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan Trust Series 2007-6), Mortgage Loan Sale and Assignment Agreement (Lehman XS Trust Series 2006-12n)
Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that as of the Closing DatePurchaser that:
(ia) This Agreement constitutes valid and binding obligations of the Seller, enforceable against the Seller in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable Bankruptcy Laws and other laws or equitable principles of general application affecting the rights of creditors generally.
(b) The Option Shares are free and clear of any claim, pledge, charge, lien, preemptive rights, marital rights, restrictions on transfers, proxies, voting agreements and any other encumbrance whatsoever, except as contemplated by this Agreement. The Seller has not entered into or is a party to any agreement that would give any Person any right or claim in or to the Option Shares. The Seller is a corporation duly organized, validly existing not insolvent and in good standing under neither the laws governing its creation and existence and has full corporate power and authority to own its property, to carry on its business as presently conducted, and to enter into and perform execution of this Agreement by the Seller nor the performance by the Seller of its obligations under this Agreement and will render the Assignment and Assumption Agreement;Seller insolvent.
(iic) The execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part is not a resident or citizen of the Seller; neither PRC.
(d) Neither the execution and or delivery of this Agreement or by the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, Seller nor the consummation fulfillment or compliance by the Seller with any of the transactions herein terms hereof shall, with or therein contemplatedwithout the giving of notice and/or the passage of time, nor compliance with the provisions hereof or thereof(i) conflict with, will conflict with or result in a breach of the terms, conditions or provisions of, or constitute a default under, under any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree agreement or order binding on instrument to which the Seller is a party or its properties by which he or the certificate of incorporation his property is or bylaws of the Seller;
may be bound, or (iiiii) require any consent, license, permit, authorization, approval or other action by any Person which has not yet been obtained or received. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Seller of this Agreement and compliance with the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;
(iv) Each of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement has been duly executed and delivered provisions hereof by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption Agreementdo not, and the Depositorshall not, in the case violate any provision of this Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of any Law to which the Seller enforceable against is subject or by which it in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally and (B) general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; andbound.
(ve) There are no actionslawsuits, suits actions or proceedings (or to the best knowledge of the Seller, investigations), claims or demands or other proceedings pending or, to the best of the knowledge of the Seller, threatened or likely against the Seller which, if resolved in a manner adverse to be asserted against or affecting the Seller, before would adversely affect the right or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or (B) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment ability of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its carry out his obligations under set forth in this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement.
(b) The representations and warranties of each Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as of the date of such Transfer Agreement. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Date, as to each, that:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is given;
(ii) There are no defaults (other than delinquency in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgage, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paid;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA or FHLMC. If upon origination of a Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(x) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(xi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period);
(xiv) As of the Closing Date, other than with respect to Retained Interest, no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (i) a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seq.); no Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act (N.M.
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Sources: Shares Purchase Option Agreement, Shares Purchase Option Agreement (China Zenix Auto International LTD), Option Agreement (Southern China Livestock, Inc.)
Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that as of the Closing Date:
(i) The Seller is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing its creation and existence and has full corporate power and authority to own its property, to carry on its business as presently conducted, and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement;
(ii) The execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller; neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions herein or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof or thereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Seller;
(iii) The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;
(iv) Each of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against it in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally and (B) general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and
(v) There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting the Seller, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or (B) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement.
(b) The representations and warranties of each the Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as of the date of such Transfer Agreement. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a the Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix), 1.04(b)(xx), 1.04(b)(xxi) and 1.04(b)(xx1.04(b)(xxii)) shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix), 1.04(b)(xx), 1.04(b)(xxi) and 1.04(b)(xx1.04(b)(xxii) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix), 1.04(b)(xx), 1.04(b)(xxi) and 1.04(b)(xx1.04(b)(xxii)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Date, as to each, that:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is given;
(ii) There are no defaults (other than delinquency in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgage, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paid;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA or FHLMC. If upon origination of a Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(x) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(xi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period);
(xiv) As of the Closing Date, other than with respect to Retained Interest, no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (i) a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seq.); no Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act (N.M.
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Sources: Mortgage Loan Sale and Assignment Agreement (Lehman XS Trust Series 2006-Gp2), Mortgage Loan Sale and Assignment Agreement (Lehman XS Trust Series 2006-Gp3), Mortgage Loan Sale and Assignment Agreement (Lehman XS Trust Series 2006-Gp4)
Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that as of the Closing Date:
(i) The the Seller is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing its creation and existence and has full corporate power and authority to own its property, to carry on its business as presently conducted, conducted and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement;
(ii) The the execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller; neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or this Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions therein or herein or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof thereof or thereofhereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Seller;
(iii) The the execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby and hereby and thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;
(iv) Each each of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against it in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally and (B) general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and
(v) There there are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting the Seller, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or this Agreement or (B) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or this Agreement.
(b) The representations and warranties of each Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as of the date of such Transfer Agreement. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made by it pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii(xiii), 1.04(b)(xviii(xiv), 1.04(b)(xix(xv), (xvi) and 1.04(b)(xx(xvii)) , shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii(xiii), 1.04(b)(xviii(xiv), 1.04(b)(xix(xv), (xvi) and 1.04(b)(xx(xvii) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than the any representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii(xiii), 1.04(b)(xviii(xiv), 1.04(b)(xix(xv), (xvi) and 1.04(b)(xx)(xvii) by it) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans (other than any representations and warranties made by it pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), (xiii), (xiv), (xv), (xvi) and (xvii)) if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on hereunder, as to each that, as of the Closing Date, as to each, that:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is given;
(ii) There are no defaults (other than delinquency in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgage, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paid;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA Xxxxxx Mae or FHLMCXxxxxxx Mac. If upon origination of a the Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) ), a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect effect, which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each The related Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable such Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no No foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) . There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(xix) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(xix) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xiixi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period)1.860G-2;
(xivxii) As of Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the Closing Datetime it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, other than with respect to Retained Intereststate and federal laws, including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory, abusive and fair lending laws; and, specifically, (a) no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (i) secured by a single fixed rate Mortgaged Property located in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 New Jersey is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to as defined in the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of effective November 27, 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seq.); (b) no Transferred Mortgage Loan secured by a Mortgaged Property located in New Mexico is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to as defined in the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act effective January 1, 2004 (N.M.
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Sources: Mortgage Loan Sale and Assignment Agreement (Lehman XS Trust 2007-1), Mortgage Loan Sale and Assignment Agreement (LXS 2007-3), Mortgage Loan Sale and Assignment Agreement (LXS 2007-8h)
Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that as of the Closing DateOwner Trustee that:
(ia) The Seller has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing its creation and existence and has full corporate of the State of Delaware, with power and authority to own its property, properties and to carry on conduct its business as such properties are presently conductedowned and such business is presently conducted and had at all relevant times, and now has, power, authority and legal right to enter into acquire and perform own the Receivables contemplated to be transferred to the Trust pursuant to the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement.
(b) The Seller is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing, and has obtained all necessary licenses and approvals in all jurisdictions in which the ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its obligations under business requires such qualifications.
(c) The Seller has the power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement;
(ii) The execution and delivery by other Basic Documents to which the Seller is a party and to carry out its terms, the Seller has full power and authority to sell and assign the property to be sold and assigned to and deposited with the Issuer as part of the Trust and the Seller has duly authorized such sale and assignment to the Issuer by all necessary corporate action; and the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement have been duly authorized by the Seller by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller; neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions herein or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof or thereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Seller;action.
(iiid) The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;
(iv) Each of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against it in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally and (B) general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and
(v) There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting the Seller, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or (B) with respect to any other matter Basic Documents to which in the judgment Seller is a party, and the fulfillment of the Seller will be determined adversely terms of this Agreement and any other Basic Documents to which the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its businessis a party do not conflict with, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement.
(b) The representations and warranties result in any breach of each Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as any of the date terms and provisions of such Transfer Agreement. To the extent that any fact, condition or event constitute (with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach or without notice or lapse of both (itime) a representation or warranty of a Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreementdefault under, the sole right certificate of incorporation or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx) shall be direct obligations by-laws of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of , or any indenture, agreement or other instrument to which the Seller is a party or by which it is bound, or result in this Section 1.04(b) (other than the representations and warranties made creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of its properties pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Date, as to each, that:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is given;
(ii) There are no defaults (other than delinquency in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgagesuch indenture, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paid;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings agreement or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such instrument (other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located than pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA or FHLMC. If upon origination of a Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged PropertyBasic Documents). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, violate any other partylaw or, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s 's knowledge, no foreclosure action is being threatened any order, rule or commenced with respect regulation applicable to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation Seller of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case court or of any Cooperative Loanfederal or state regulatory body, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado administrative agency or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(x) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(xi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) Seller or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period);
(xiv) As of the Closing Date, other than with respect to Retained Interest, no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (i) a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seqits properties.); no Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act (N.M.
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Sources: Trust Agreement (Capital Auto Receivables Inc), Trust Agreement (Capital Auto Receivables Inc), Trust Agreement (Capital Auto Receivables Inc)
Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that as of the Closing DateOwner Trustee that:
(ia) The Seller is a corporation duly organized, organized and validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing its creation and existence and has full corporate as a Nevada corporation with power and authority to own its property, properties and to carry on conduct its business as such properties are currently owned and such business is presently conducted, .
(b) The Seller is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing and has obtained all necessary licenses and approvals in all jurisdictions in which the ownership or lease of its property or the conduct of its business shall require such qualifications.
(c) The Seller has the corporate power and authority to enter into execute and perform its obligations under deliver this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement;
(ii) The execution and delivery by to carry out its terms; the Seller of this Agreement has full power and authority to sell and assign the property to be sold and assigned to and deposited with the Trust and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement have been Seller has duly authorized such sale and assignment and deposit to the Trust by all necessary corporate action on action; and the part of the Seller; neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions herein or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof or thereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Seller;
(iii) The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;
(iv) Each of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement has been duly executed and delivered authorized by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against it in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally and (B) general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; andall necessary corporate action.
(vd) There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting the Seller, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or (B) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment fulfillment of the Seller will be determined adversely to terms hereof do not conflict with, result in any breach of any of the Seller terms and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwiseprovisions of, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement constitute (with or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement.
(b) The representations and warranties without notice or lapse of each Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as of the date of such Transfer Agreement. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (itime) a representation or warranty of a Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreementdefault under, the sole right articles of association or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx) shall be direct obligations by-laws of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of , or any material indenture, agreement or other instrument to which the Seller is a party or by which it is bound; nor result in this Section 1.04(b) (other than the representations and warranties made creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of its properties pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Date, as to each, that:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is given;
(ii) There are no defaults (other than delinquency in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgagesuch indenture, and agreement or other instrument (other than pursuant to the Basic Documents); nor violate any law or, to the best of the Seller's knowledge, any order, rule or regulation applicable to the Seller has no notice as to of any taxescourt or of any Federal or state regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Seller or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paid;its properties.
(iiie) Except in To the case of Cooperative LoansSeller's best knowledge, if anythere are no proceedings or investigations pending or threatened before any court, each Mortgage requires all buildings regulatory body, administrative agency or other improvements on governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in Seller or its properties: (A) asserting the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements invalidity of the guidelines of FNMA or FHLMC. If upon origination of a Transferred Mortgage LoanTrust Agreement, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made availableB) a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect which policy conforms seeking to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon prevent the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
the Trust Agreement or (ivC) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated seeking any determination or rescinded, in whole or in part, ruling that might materially and adversely affect the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided performance by the Mortgage. Any security agreementSeller of its obligations under, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositorvalidity or enforceability of, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Trust Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(x) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(xi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period);
(xiv) As of the Closing Date, other than with respect to Retained Interest, no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (i) a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seq.); no Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act (N.M.
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Sources: Trust Agreement (Chec Asset Receivables Corp), Trust Agreement (Chec Asset Receivables Corp), Trust Agreement (Avco Abs Receivables Corp)
Representations and Warranties of the Seller. The Seller hereby warrants and represents to, and covenants with, the Assignee that:
(a) The Seller hereby represents representations and warrants warranties contained in Sections 4.1(i)-(vi) of the Purchase Agreement are deemed to the Depositor that be made as of the Closing Date:
(i) The Seller is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing its creation and existence and has full corporate power and authority to own its property, to carry on its business as presently conducted, and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement;
(ii) The execution and delivery by the Seller date of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller; neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions herein or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof or thereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Seller;
(iii) The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;
(iv) Each of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and all such representations and warranties are true and correct as of the Depositor, in the case date of this Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against it in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally and (B) general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and
(v) There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting the Seller, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or (B) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement.
(b) The representations and warranties of each Transferor No offsets, counterclaims or other defenses are available to the Seller with respect to the Transferred Purchase Agreement or the Mortgage Loans in Loans.
(c) The Seller has not waived or agreed to any waiver under, or agreed to any amendment or other modification of, the applicable Transfer Purchase Agreement were made as or the Mortgage Loans, including without limitation the transfer of the date of such Transfer Agreement. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a Transferor servicing obligations under the applicable Transfer Agreement and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Purchase Agreement. The Seller shall have has no obligation knowledge of, and has not received notice of, any waivers under or liability with respect amendments or other modifications of, or assignments of rights or obligations under or defaults under, the Purchase Agreement, or the Mortgage Loans.
(d) Neither the Seller nor anyone acting on its behalf has offered, transferred, pledged, sold or otherwise disposed of the Mortgage Loans, any interest in the Mortgage Loans or any other similar security to, or solicited any offer to buy or accept a transfer, pledge or other disposition of the Mortgage Loans, any breach of a representation interest in the Mortgage Loans or warranty made by it any other similar security from, or otherwise approached or negotiated with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Date, as to each, that:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on any interest in the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct Loans or any other similar security with, any person in all material respects at the date any manner, or dates respecting which such information is given;
(ii) There are no defaults (made by general solicitation by means of general advertising or in any other than delinquency in payment) in complying with the terms of manner, or taken any Mortgage, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paid;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by action that would constitute a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA or FHLMC. If upon origination of a Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder distribution of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from Loans under the Mortgagor. Where required by state law 1933 Act or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien on render the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien disposition of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) liens Loans a violation of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as Section 5 of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy 1933 Act or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title require registration pursuant thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(x) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(xi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period);
(xiv) As of the Closing Date, other than with respect to Retained Interest, no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (i) a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seq.); no Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act (N.M.
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Sources: Assignment, Assumption and Recognition Agreement (GSR Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-2f), Assignment, Assumption and Recognition Agreement (GSR Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-1f), Assignment, Assumption and Recognition Agreement (GSR Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-3f)
Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that as of the Closing Date:
(i) The the Seller is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing its creation and existence and has full corporate power and authority to own its property, to carry on its business as presently conducted, conducted and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement;
(ii) The the execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller; neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or this Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions therein or herein or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof thereof or thereofhereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Seller;
(iii) The the execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby and hereby and thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;
(iv) Each each of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against it in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally and (B) general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and
(v) There there are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting the Seller, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or this Agreement or (B) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or this Agreement.
(b) The representations and warranties of each Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as of the date of such Transfer Agreement. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made by it pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii(xiii), 1.04(b)(xviii(xiv), 1.04(b)(xix(xv), (xvi) and 1.04(b)(xx(xvii)) , shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii(xiii), 1.04(b)(xviii(xiv), 1.04(b)(xix(xv), (xvi) and 1.04(b)(xx(xvii) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than the any representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii(xiii), 1.04(b)(xviii(xiv), 1.04(b)(xix(xv), (xvi) and 1.04(b)(xx)(xvii) by it) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans (other than any representations and warranties made by it pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), (xiii), (xiv), (xv), (xvi) and (xvii)) if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on hereunder, as to each that, as of the Closing Date, as to each, that:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is given;
(ii) There are no defaults (other than delinquency in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgage, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paid;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA Xxxxxx Xxx or FHLMCXxxxxxx Mac. If upon origination of a the Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) ), a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect effect, which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each The related Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable such Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no No foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) . There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(xix) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(xix) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xiixi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period)1.860G-2;
(xivxii) As of Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the Closing Datetime it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, other than with respect to Retained Intereststate and federal laws, including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory, abusive and fair lending laws; and, specifically, (a) no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (i) secured by a single fixed rate Mortgaged Property located in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 New Jersey is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to as defined in the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of effective November 27, 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seq.); (b) no Transferred Mortgage Loan secured by a Mortgaged Property located in New Mexico is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to as defined in the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act effective January 1, 2004 (N.M.
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Sources: Mortgage Loan Sale and Assignment Agreement (Lehman XS Trust 2006-20), Mortgage Loan Sale and Assignment Agreement (Lehman XS Trust 2007-9), Mortgage Loan Sale and Assignment Agreement (Lehman XS Trust 2007-11)
Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that as of the Closing Datedate hereof that:
(i) The Seller is a Delaware corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing its creation and existence and has full corporate power and authority to own its property, to carry on its business as presently conducted, conducted and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement;
(ii) The execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller; neither none of the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof or thereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation federal stock charter or bylaws of the Seller;
(iii) The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;
(iv) Each of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against it in accordance with its respective terms, terms except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally and (B) general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and
(v) There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting the Seller, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or (B) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement.
(b) The representations and warranties of each the Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans contained in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as of the date of such the Transfer AgreementAgreement and brought forward to the Closing Date pursuant to the Bring Down Letter. The representations and warranties of the Transferor with respect to the Mortgage Loans contained in the Bring Down Letter were made as of the Closing Date. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a the Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement and or Bring Down Letter (ii) whether or not such fact, condition or event would also constitute a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, ) the sole right only rights or remedy remedies of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) shall be first, the right to enforce the obligations of such the Transferor under any such applicable representation or warranty made by itit and, second, only if the Transferor is unable or unwilling to fulfill its obligation to cure or repurchase such Mortgage Loan, the Depositor shall have the right to enforce such rights against the Seller under this Agreement with respect to such representation or warranty; provided, that in the event that the Depositor has received evidence of the issuance of a Transferor Affirmation Notice, the Depositor shall only be entitled to enforce any right it has against the Transferor under the Transferor Agreement and shall not have any rights against the Seller under the Sale Agreement with respect to such representation or warranty. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix1.04(b)(vii) and 1.04(b)(xx1.04(b)(viii) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties In furtherance of the above, the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than expressly acknowledges that prior to the representations issuance of a Transferor Affirmation Notice, it shall be obligated and warranties liable to the Depositor for any breach of a representation or warranty made pursuant under the Transfer Agreement, but only after the Transferor evidences that it is unwilling or unable to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) are applicable only fulfill its contractual obligations under the Transfer Agreement. With respect to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach by the Transferor of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation Agreement or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans Bring Down Letter, if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such the Transfer Agreement and the Bring Down Letter by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Replacement Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-two year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Datehereunder, as to each, thatthat as of December 28, 2005:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is given;
(ii) There are As of the Closing Date, no defaults (other than delinquency Mortgage Loan is in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgage, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paidforeclosure;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA or FHLMC. If upon origination of a Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(x) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(xi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “"qualified mortgage” " within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (as determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period);
(xiv) As of the Closing Date, other than with respect to Retained Interest, no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (i) a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seq.); no Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act (N.M.
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Sources: Mortgage Loan Sale and Assignment Agreement (Ownit Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2005-5), Mortgage Loan Sale and Assignment Agreement (Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Inc), Mortgage Loan Sale and Assignment Agreement (Ownit Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2006-2)
Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that as of the Closing Date:
(i) The Seller is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing its creation and existence and has full corporate power and authority to own its property, to carry on its business as presently conducted, and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement;
(ii) The execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller; neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions herein or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof or thereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Seller;
(iii) The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;
(iv) Each of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against it in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally and (B) general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and
(v) There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting the Seller, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or (B) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement.
(b) The representations and warranties of each Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as of the date of such Transfer Agreement. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix1.04(b)(xi) and 1.04(b)(xx)1.04(b)(xvi) shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix1.04(b)(xi) and 1.04(b)(xx1.04(b)(xvi) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix1.04(b)(xi) and 1.04(b)(xx)1.04(b)(xvi) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Date(or as of such other date as may be specified in particular representations and warranties), as to each, that:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is given;
(ii) There are no defaults (other than delinquency in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgage, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paid;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA or FHLMC. If upon origination of a the Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s 's cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s 's failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s 's cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “"master” " or “"blanket” " hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(x) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(xi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period);
(xiv) As of the Closing Date, other than with respect to Retained Interest, no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (i) a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seq.); no Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act (N.M.
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Sources: Mortgage Loan Sale and Assignment Agreement (Sturctured Asset Securities Corp Mort Pass Thru Ser 2004-1), Mortgage Loan Sale and Assignment Agreement (Structured Asset Securities Corp)
Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor Purchaser that as of the Closing Date:
(ia) The Seller has taken all steps necessary to transfer all of the Seller's right, title and interest in and to the Purchased Assets to the Purchaser.
(b) Immediately prior to the transfers contemplated by this Agreement, the Seller was the sole owner and holder of the Purchased Assets, free and clear of any and all liens, pledges, charges or security interests of any nature.
(c) The Seller (i) is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing its creation and existence and of Delaware, (ii) has the full corporate right, power and authority to own its property, to carry on its business as presently conducted, and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Assignment Ancillary Agreements and Assumption Agreement;
(ii) The execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller; neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions herein or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof or thereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Seller;
(iii) The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and the consummation of to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (iii) has obtained all requisite company or similar authorizations, consents or approvals applicable to do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;so.
(ivd) Each of this This Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement has Ancillary Agreements have been duly executed and delivered by the Seller andand constitute the legal, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation obligations of the Seller enforceable against it in accordance with its respective their terms, except as such the enforceability thereof may be subject to (A) limited by any applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of the creditors' rights of creditors generally and (B) by general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; andequity.
(ve) There are The outstanding principal balance of the Quanta Convertible Note is $12,337,500, all interest payments due thereunder have been paid when due and no actionsprincipal or interest thereunder has been prepaid, suits forgiven or proceedings pending orpostponed, and to the knowledge of Seller there exists no material default or event of default thereunder.
(f) Since September 30, 1999, to the knowledge of the Seller there has not occurred any material adverse change or any threatened material adverse change in the business, operations, properties, assets or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Companies, other than those disclosed to the public and those disclosed to the Purchaser in writing prior to the date hereof.
(g) To the knowledge of Seller, threatened no action, suit or likely to be asserted proceeding has been commenced against any of the Companies before any court or affecting the Seller, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or any governmental body body, agency or official except for such action, suit or proceeding that could not reasonably be expected to have a material and adverse effect on the business, operations, properties, assets or condition (Afinancial or otherwise) of such Company.
(h) All material information given by the Seller to the Purchaser in connection with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or (B) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement.
(b) The representations and warranties of each Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as of the date of such Transfer Agreement. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Date, as to each, that:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is was true and correct in all material respects at on the date or dates respecting which such information is given;was given and on the date hereof.
(iii) There are no defaults (other than delinquency in payment) in complying with Any approvals, filings and consents relating to the terms transfer of any Mortgage, and the Purchased Assets from the Seller has no notice as to the Purchaser required to be obtained from or made with any taxesgovernmental or quasi-governmental agency, governmental assessmentsentity, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which body from whom approval is required under applicable law have not been paid;made or obtained.
(iiij) Except Assuming that the Purchaser's representations set forth in this Agreement are true and correct, the sale of the Purchased Assets in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on manner contemplated by this Agreement by the related Mortgaged Property to Seller will be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in exempt from the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the registration requirements of the guidelines Securities Act by reason of FNMA Section 4(2) thereof.
(k) No agent, broker or FHLMC. If upon origination of a Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements other Person acting pursuant to authority of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration Seller is entitled to any commission or finder's fee in effect which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, . Except as set forth in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositorthis Section 3.1, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan makes no representation or warranty whatsoever to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title Purchaser concerning the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in Purchased Assets. Without limiting the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator generality of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(x) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(xi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period);
(xiv) As of the Closing Date, other than with respect to Retained Interest, no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (i) a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loansforegoing, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to makes no representation or warranty concerning the Companies, their respective assets, financial performance, financial condition, and prospects, or any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seqother matter affecting them.); no Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act (N.M.
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Sources: Purchase and Sale Agreement (Enron North America Corp), Purchase and Sale Agreement (Enron North America Corp)
Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that warrants, as of the Closing Datedate hereof and as of the date of each Purchase and each Capital Increase, before and after giving effect to such Purchase or Capital Increase and to the application of the proceeds therefrom, as though made on and as of such date, other than any such representations and warranties that, by their terms, refer to a specific date other than the date of said Purchase or Capital Increase, in which case as of such dates, as follows:
(ia) The Seller is a corporation duly organizedincorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing its creation of the jurisdiction indicated at the beginning of this Agreement, and existence is duly qualified to do business, and has full corporate power and authority to own its propertyis in good standing, to carry on in every jurisdiction where the nature of its business requires it to be so qualified, except to the extent that any failure to be so qualified or in good standing as presently conducted, and a foreign entity could not reasonably be expected to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and have a Material Adverse Effect. The Seller has no Subsidiaries. All of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement;outstanding shares of stock of the Seller are owned by PolyOne Canada.
(ii) The execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller; neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions herein or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof or thereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Seller;
(iiib) The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and the Assignment other documents delivered by it hereunder, and Assumption Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby thereby, including the Seller’s use of the proceeds of Purchases, reinvestments and Capital Increases, are within the Seller’s corporate powers, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action, do not (i) contravene the Seller’s articles or by-laws, (ii) violate any applicable law, rule, regulation, order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, determination or award, or (iii) breach or result in a default under, or result in the acceleration of (or entitle any party to accelerate) the maturity of any obligation of the Seller under, or result in or require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking creation of any other action lien upon or security interest in respect any property of the Seller pursuant to the terms of, any state, federal Contract or any other agreement or instrument (other than any Transaction Document) binding on or affecting the Seller or any of its properties.
(c) No authorization or approval or other governmental authority action by, and no notice to or agencyfiling with, any Governmental Authority is required for the due execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of any Transaction Document to which it is a party or any other agreement or document delivered hereunder or for the perfection of or the exercise by any Indemnified Party of its rights and remedies under the Transaction Documents and such other agreements or documents, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior for the filings of the financing statements referred to the date hereof;in Article III.
(ivd) Each of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption This Agreement has been been, and each other Transaction Document to which the Seller is a party when delivered will have been, duly executed and delivered by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption AgreementSeller. This Agreement is, and the Depositorother Transaction Documents to which the Seller is or will be a party when delivered hereunder will be, in the case of this Agreementlegal, constitutes a valid and binding obligation obligations of the Seller enforceable against it the Seller in accordance with its their respective terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally and (B) to general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; andequitable principles.
(ve) Since December 31, 2006, there has been no Material Adverse Change and there have been no events or developments that, in the aggregate, have had a Material Adverse Effect.
(f) There are is no actionsaction, suits suit, investigation, litigation or proceedings proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened in any court or likely to be asserted against or affecting the Seller, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body instrumentality that (Ai) could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change or (ii) restrains, prevents or imposes or can reasonably be expected to impose materially adverse conditions upon the Transaction Documents or the transactions contemplated thereby.
(g) No proceeds of any Purchase or reinvestment or Capital Increase will be used to acquire any security in any transaction which is subject to Sections 13 and 14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
(h) Immediately prior to the time of the initial Purchase, the Seller is the legal and beneficial owner of the Pool Receivables and Related Security with respect thereto, in each case free and clear of any Adverse Claim. Upon each Purchase or reinvestment, the Seller shall Transfer to the Agent on behalf of the Owners (and the Agent on behalf of the Owners shall acquire) a valid 100% ownership interest in each Pool Receivable then existing or thereafter arising and in the Related Security and Collections with respect thereto, free and clear of any Adverse Claim, which ownership interest shall be a perfected first priority ownership interest upon the filing of the financing statements referred to in Section 3.01(b) (ix). No effective financing statement or other instrument similarly in effect covering any Contract or any Pool Receivable or Related Security or Collections with respect thereto is on file in any recording office, except those filed in favor of the Agent relating to this Agreement or in favor of the Seller and the Agent relating to the Canadian Receivables Sale Agreement.
(i) Each Seller Report, Receivables Report (if prepared by the Seller or one of its Affiliates, or to the extent that information contained therein is supplied by the Seller or any Affiliate thereof), information, exhibit, financial statement, or other report or document furnished or to be furnished at any time by or on behalf of the Seller to the Agent or any Owner in connection with this Agreement is and will be accurate in all material respects as of its date or as of the date so furnished, and no such report or document contains, or will contain, as of its date of delivery or the date so furnished, any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state, or will omit to state, as of its date of delivery or the date so furnished, a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(j) The jurisdiction of incorporation, organizational identification number (if any), and the address(es) of the principal place of business and chief executive office of the Seller and the office where the Seller keeps its Records concerning the Receivables, are as set forth in Schedule III hereto (or, by notice to the Agent in accordance with Section 5.01(c), at such other locations in jurisdictions, within Canada, where all actions required by Section 6.05(a) have been taken and completed).
(k) The names and addresses of all the Lock-Box Banks, together with the lock-box numbers related to, and the account numbers and owners (the Seller or the Canadian Originator) of, the Lock-Box Accounts at such Lock-Box Banks, are specified in Schedule I hereto (or such other Lock-Box Banks and/or such other Lock-Box Accounts as have been notified to the Agent in accordance with Section 5.03(d)).
(l) Since the date of its formation, the Seller has not engaged in any activity other than as contemplated by the Transaction Documents or entered into any commitment or incurred any Debt other than pursuant to, or as permitted under the Transaction Documents.
(m) The Seller has not maintained, contributed to or incurred or assumed any obligation with respect to any of Plan, Multiemployer Plan or Welfare Plan.
(n) The Seller has not sold, assigned, transferred, pledged or hypothecated any interest in any Pool Receivable or the transactions Collections with respect thereto to any Person other than as contemplated by this Agreement or that has been released by the Assignment Agent from the Receivables Pool.
(o) The Seller has complied with the Credit and Assumption Collection Policy in all material respects and since the date of this Agreement there has been no change in the Credit and Collection Policy except as permitted hereunder.
(p) The Seller has not extended or modified the terms of any Pool Receivable or the Contract under which any such Pool Receivable arose, except in accordance with the Credit and Collection Policy.
(q) Except under the Lock-Box Agreements, the Seller has not granted any Person dominion or control of any Lock-Box Account, or the right to take dominion or control over any Lock-Box Account at a future time or upon the occurrence of a future event.
(r) With respect to each Transfer to it of any Pool Receivables, the Seller has either (i) purchased such Pool Receivables from the Canadian Originator in exchange for payment (made by the Seller to the Canadian Originator in accordance with the provisions of the Canadian Receivables Sale Agreement) in an amount which constitutes fair consideration and approximates fair market value for such Pool Receivables and in a sale the terms and conditions of which (including, without limitation, the purchase price thereof) reasonably approximate an arm’s-length transaction between unaffiliated parties or (Bii) acquired such Pool Receivables from the Canadian Originator as a capital contribution in accordance with respect to any other matter which in the judgment provisions of the Seller will be determined adversely Canadian Receivables Sale Agreement. No such sale, and no such contribution, has been made for or on account of an antecedent debt owed by the Canadian Originator to the Seller and will no such sale or contribution is or may be voidable or subject to avoidance under any section of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code or any Canadian Insolvency Statute (as defined in the Canadian Receivables Sale Agreement).
(s) The Seller has filed, or caused to be filed or be included in, all tax reports and returns (federal, state, provincial, local and foreign), if determined adversely any, required to be filed by it and paid, or caused to be paid, all amounts of taxes, including interest and penalties, required to be paid by it, except for such taxes
(i) as are being contested in good faith by proper proceedings and (ii) against which adequate reserves shall have been established in accordance with and to the Seller materially and adversely affect it extent required by GAAP, but only so long as the proceedings referred to in clause (i) above would not subject the Agent or its businessany other Indemnified Party to any civil or criminal penalty or liability or involve any material risk of the loss, assetssale or forfeiture of any property, operations rights or condition, financial interests covered hereunder or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Canadian Receivables Sale Agreement.
(bt) The representations and warranties of each Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans Seller is not an “investment company” or an “affiliated person” of, or “promoter” or “principal underwriter” for, an “investment company”, as such terms are defined in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made Investment Company Act of 1940, as of the date of such Transfer Agreement. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect amended.
(u) Both before and after giving effect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation each Purchase to be made on the Effective Date or warranty of a Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement and such other date as Purchases requested hereunder are made, (ii) a representation or warranty the disbursement of the Seller under this Agreementproceeds of any Capital Investment, (iii) the sole right or remedy consummation of the Depositor with respect to a breach each other transaction contemplated by the Seller other Transaction Documents and (iv) the payment and accrual of such representation and warranty (other than a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller all transaction costs in this Section 1.04(b) (other than the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability connection with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents is Solvent, and warrants upon delivery also satisfies the other tests set out in Section 3.01(v) of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Date, as to each, that:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is given;
(ii) There are no defaults (other than delinquency in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgage, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paid;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA or FHLMC. If upon origination of a Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Canadian Receivables Sale Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(x) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(xi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period);
(xiv) As of the Closing Date, other than with respect to Retained Interest, no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (i) a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seq.); no Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act (N.M.
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Sources: Receivables Purchase Agreement (Polyone Corp), Receivables Purchase Agreement (Polyone Corp)
Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that as of the Closing Datedate hereof that:
(i) The Seller is a Delaware corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing its creation and existence and has full corporate power and authority to own its property, to carry on its business as presently conducted, conducted and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement;
(ii) The execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller; neither none of the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof or thereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation federal stock charter or bylaws of the Seller;
(iii) The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;
(iv) Each of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against it in accordance with its respective terms, terms except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally and (B) general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and
(v) There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting the Seller, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or (B) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement.
(b) The representations and warranties of each Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans contained in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as of the date of such Transfer AgreementAgreement and brought forward to the Closing Date pursuant to the applicable Bring Down Letter. The representations and warranties of each Transferor with respect to the Mortgage Loans contained in the applicable Bring Down Letter are being made as of the Closing Date. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement or Bring Down Letter and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix1.04(b)(vi) and 1.04(b)(xx1.04(b)(vii)) shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such the applicable Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix1.04(b)(vi) and 1.04(b)(xx1.04(b)(vii) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix1.04(b)(vi) and 1.04(b)(xx1.04(b)(vii)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related a Transferor in the applicable Transfer AgreementAgreement or Bring Down Letter. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related a Transferor in such the applicable Transfer AgreementAgreement or Bring Down Letter, without regard to whether the related such Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related such Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such the applicable Transfer Agreement and the Bring Down Letter by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Replacement Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-two year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Datehereunder, as to each, thatthat as of July 7, 2004:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is given;
(ii) There are As of the Closing Date, no defaults (other than delinquency Mortgage Loan is in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgage, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paidforeclosure;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA or FHLMC. If upon origination of a Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(x) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(xi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “"qualified mortgage” " within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (as determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period);
(xiv) As of the Closing Date, other than with respect to Retained Interest, no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (i) a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seq.); no Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act (N.M.
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Sources: Mortgage Loan Sale and Assignment Agreement (Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Inc), Mortgage Loan Sale and Assignment Agreement (Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust, Series 2004-Sl1)
Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that Purchaser, as of the Closing Datedate of execution and delivery hereof, that:
(i1) The Seller is duly organized as a corporation duly organized, national banking association and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing its creation and existence and of the United States of America.
(2) The Seller has full corporate the requisite power and authority to own its propertysell each Mortgage Loan, and to carry on its business as presently conductedexecute, deliver and perform, and to enter into and perform its obligations under consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement;
(ii) The execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement have been has duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement; and this Agreement, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the other parties thereto, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Seller; neither , enforceable against the Seller 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 or of creditors of depository institutions, the accounts of which are insured by the FDIC, 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 this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions herein or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof or thereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Seller;
(iii) The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;
(iv) Each of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against it in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally and (B) general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and
(v) There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting the Seller, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any sale of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or (B) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement.
(b) The representations and warranties of each Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as of the date of such Transfer Agreement. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement and (ii) a representation or warranty of by the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach consummation of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Date, as to each, that:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is given;
(ii) There are no defaults (other than delinquency in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgage, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paid;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA or FHLMC. If upon origination of a Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder the fulfillment of or compliance with the terms thereof are in the ordinary course of business of the related MortgageSeller and will not (a) result in a material breach of any term or provision of the charter or by-laws of the Seller or (b) materially conflict with, including 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 the Seller is a party or by which it may be bound, or (c) constitute a material violation of any statute, order or regulation applicable to the Seller of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or governmental body having jurisdiction over the Seller; and the Seller is not in breach or violation of any material indenture or other material agreement or instrument, has doneor in violation of any statute, by act order or omissionregulation of any court, anything that would regulatory body, administrative agency or governmental body having jurisdiction over it which breach or violation may materially impair the coverage Seller's ability to perform or meet any of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;its obligations under this Agreement.
(viii4) To No litigation is pending or, to the best of the Seller’s 's knowledge, no foreclosure action is being threatened against the Seller that would prohibit the execution or commenced delivery of, or performance under, this Agreement by the Seller.
(b) The Seller hereby assigns, transfers and conveys to the Purchaser all of its rights with respect to any Transferred the Mortgage Loan.
(ix) There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (orLoans including, in the case of any Cooperative Loanwithout limitation, the related cooperative unit) representations and each such property warranties of FHHLC made pursuant to MLPA I, together with all rights of the Seller to require FHHLC to cure any breach thereof or to repurchase or substitute for any affected Mortgage Loan in accordance with MLPA I. It is undamaged by wasteunderstood and agreed that the obligation under MLPA I of FHHLC to cure, fire, earthquake repurchase or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so replace any Mortgage Loan as to have which a material adverse effect breach has occurred and is continuing shall constitute the sole remedy against FHHLC respecting such breach available to the Purchaser on its behalf. It is understood and agreed that the value representations and warranties set forth in this Section 3.1 shall survive the sale of the related Mortgaged Property as security for Mortgage Loans to the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or Purchaser hereunder and the use for which the premises were intended;
(x) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien subsequent transfer of the related Mortgage;
(xi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved Loans by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Purchaser to the Trustee pursuant to Sections 203 the Pooling and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period);
(xiv) As of the Closing Date, other than with respect to Retained Interest, no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (i) a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seqServicing Agreement.); no Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act (N.M.
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Sources: Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement (First Horizon Asset Securities Inc), Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement (First Horizon Asset Securities Inc)
Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that as of the Closing Datedate hereof that:
(i) The Seller is a Delaware corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing its creation and existence and has full corporate power and authority to own its property, to carry on its business as presently conducted, conducted and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement;
(ii) The execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller; neither none of the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof or thereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation federal stock charter or bylaws of the Seller;
(iii) The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;
(iv) Each of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against it in accordance with its respective terms, terms except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally and (B) general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and
(v) There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting the Seller, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or (B) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement.
(b) The representations and warranties of each Transferor the Transferors with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans contained in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as of the date of such the Transfer AgreementAgreement and brought forward to the Closing Date pursuant to the Bring Down Letter. The representations and warranties of the Transferors with respect to the Mortgage Loans contained in the Bring Down Letter were made as of the Closing Date. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement or Bring Down Letter and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix1.04(b)(vii) and 1.04(b)(xx1.04(b)(viii)) shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix1.04(b)(vii) and 1.04(b)(xx1.04(b)(viii) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix1.04(b)(vii) and 1.04(b)(xx1.04(b)(viii)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related a Transferor in the applicable Transfer AgreementAgreement or Bring Down Letter. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related a Transferor in such the Transfer AgreementAgreement or Bring Down Letter, without regard to whether the related such Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related such Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such the Transfer Agreement and the Bring Down Letter by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Replacement Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-two year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Datehereunder, as to each, thatthat as of November 29, 2005:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is given;
(ii) There are As of the Closing Date, no defaults (other than delinquency Mortgage Loan is in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgage, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paidforeclosure;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA or FHLMC. If upon origination of a Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(x) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(xi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “"qualified mortgage” " within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (as determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period);
(xiv) As of the Closing Date, other than with respect to Retained Interest, no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (i) a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seq.); no Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act (N.M.
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Sources: Mortgage Loan Sale and Assignment Agreement (Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-NCB), Mortgage Loan Sale and Assignment Agreement (Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-NCB)
Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that as of the Closing Datedate hereof that:
(i) The Seller is a Delaware corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing its creation and existence and has full corporate power and authority to own its property, to carry on its business as presently conducted, conducted and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement;
(ii) The execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller; neither none of the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof or thereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation federal stock charter or bylaws of the Seller;
(iii) The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;
(iv) Each of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against it in accordance with its respective terms, terms except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally and (B) general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and
(v) There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting the Seller, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or (B) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement.
(b) The representations and warranties of each the Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans contained in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as of the date of such the Transfer Agreement and the "closing date" (as defined in the Transfer Agreement). To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a the Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix1.04(b)(vii) and 1.04(b)(xx)1.04(b)(viii) hereof) shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such the Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by itthe Transferor; provided, however, that to the extent the Transferor fails to fulfill its contractual obligations under the Transfer Agreement then the Depositor shall have the right to enforce such obligations of the Transferor against the Seller. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix1.04(b)(vii) and 1.04(b)(xx1.04(b)(viii) hereof shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix1.04(b)(vii) and 1.04(b)(xx)1.04(b)(viii) hereof) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with With respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach by the Transferor of a any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such the Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such the Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Replacement Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-two year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Datehereunder, as to each, that:that as of January 1, 2007 (unless otherwise specified):
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is given;
(ii) There are As of the Closing Date, no defaults (other than delinquency Mortgage Loan is in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgage, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paidforeclosure;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA or FHLMC. If upon origination of a Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(x) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(xi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “"qualified mortgage” " within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (as determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period);
(xiv) As of the Closing Date, other than with respect to Retained Interest, no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (i) a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seq.); no Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act (N.M.
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Sources: Mortgage Loan Sale and Assignment Agreement (First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2007-Ff1), Mortgage Loan Sale and Assignment Agreement (First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2007-Ffa)
Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that as of the Closing DatePurchaser that:
(ia) The Seller is a corporation [public/private] limited company, duly organized, validly existing existing, and in good standing under the laws governing its creation Laws of Afghanistan, and existence and has complied fully with all requirements of the applicable Laws of Afghanistan.
(b) The Seller has full corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, to own its property, to carry on its business as presently conductedproperties, and to enter into execute, to deliver, and to perform its obligations under this Agreement Agreement. Execution, delivery, and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement;
(ii) The execution and delivery by the Seller performance of this Agreement and by the Assignment and Assumption Agreement have Seller:
(i) has been duly authorized by all necessary requisite corporate action on the part of the Seller; neither , and no other proceedings on the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, nor the consummation part of the transactions herein Seller or therein contemplatedany other Person are necessary for such authorization; and
(ii) will not:
(A) violate either the Laws of Afghanistan or any applicable order of any Public Sector Entity; or any provision of the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Seller; or
(B) violate, nor compliance with the provisions hereof or thereofbe in conflict with, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of indenture, agreement for borrowed money, bond, note, instrument, or other agreement to which the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree Seller is a Party or order binding on by which the Seller or its properties property is bound, excluding defaults or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Seller;
(iii) The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;
(iv) Each of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against it in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally and (B) general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and
(v) There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting the Seller, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or (B) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement.
(b) The representations and warranties of each Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as of the date of such Transfer Agreement. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Date, as to each, that:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is given;
(ii) There are no defaults (other than delinquency in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgage, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paid;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA or FHLMC. If upon origination of a Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed violations that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value business, properties, financial condition, or results of operation of the related Mortgaged Property as security Seller or on its ability to perform its obligations hereunder.
(c) Assuming it constitutes a legal, valid, and binding obligation of the Purchaser, this Agreement constitutes a legal, valid, and binding obligation of the Seller, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to creditors’ rights.
(d) To the best of its knowledge after reasonable inquiry, except for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan Seller Consents, no filing or registration with, no notice to, and no permit, authorization, Consent, or approval of, any Person is required for the use for which execution, delivery, or performance of this Agreement by the premises were intended;Seller.
(xe) The Seller is not in default under any agreement or instrument of any nature whatsoever to which it is a Party or by which it is bound, in any manner that would have a material adverse effect on its ability to perform its obligations hereunder, or on the validity or enforceability of this Agreement.
(f) There are is no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for workaction, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior tosuit, proceeding, or equal or coordinate withinvestigation pending or, to the lien of the related Mortgage;
(xi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan associationSeller’s knowledge, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period);
(xiv) As of the Closing Date, other than with respect to Retained Interest, no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either threatened (i) a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term for dissolution of the Transferred Mortgage Loan Seller; or (ii) against the Seller, which, if adversely determined, would have a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in material adverse effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Dateon its ability to perform its obligations hereunder, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” validity or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act enforceability of 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seqthis Agreement.); no Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act (N.M.
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Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The To induce the Company to purchase the Seller Shares, Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that Company as follows: That all of the Closing Date:
Seller Shares are owned by Seller of record free and clear of all pledges, liens, trusts (constructive and otherwise), options and other encumbrances and adverse claims of every name, nature and description (hereinafter "Liens"); That all consents, approvals, authorizations and orders necessary for (i) The the execution and delivery by Seller is a corporation duly organizedof this Agreement, validly existing and in good standing under (ii) the laws governing its creation and existence and has full corporate power and authority to own its property, to carry on its business as presently conductedperformance of Seller's obligations hereunder, and (iii) the sale and delivery of the Seller Shares to the Company, have been duly obtained; That Seller has the full right, power, authority and capacity (i) to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement;
, (ii) to perform all of Seller's obligations hereunder, and (iii) to sell, assign, transfer and deliver the Seller Shares pursuant to, and in accordance with, this Agreement; That upon delivery of the Seller Shares by Seller to the Company hereunder, the Company will have good and valid title to the Seller Shares, free and clear of all Liens; That this Agreement has been duly executed by Seller and constitutes the Seller's legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against Seller in accordance with its terms; and The execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement have been duly authorized performance by all necessary corporate action on the part Seller of the Seller; neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions herein or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof or thereof, his obligations hereunder will conflict with or result in a breach ofnot, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Seller;
(iii) The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not require the consent or approval of, with the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking lapse of time or both, would not result in the creation or imposition of any other action in respect oflien, any stateclaim, federal restriction, charge or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;
(iv) Each of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by encumbrance upon the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against it in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally and (B) general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and
(v) There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting the Seller, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or (B) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption AgreementShares.
(b) The representations and warranties of each Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as of the date of such Transfer Agreement. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Date, as to each, that:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is given;
(ii) There are no defaults (other than delinquency in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgage, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paid;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA or FHLMC. If upon origination of a Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(x) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(xi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period);
(xiv) As of the Closing Date, other than with respect to Retained Interest, no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (i) a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seq.); no Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act (N.M.
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Sources: Stock Redemption Agreement (Cross a T Co), Stock Redemption Agreement (Cross a T Co)
Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that as of the Closing DateT&D that:
(ia) The Seller is a corporation __________, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing of the State of ________ and is duly qualified to do business in all jurisdictions where such qualification is required or where such qualification is necessary for it to perform its creation and existence and obligations hereunder.
(b) Seller has full corporate power and authority to own its property, to carry on its business as presently now being conducted, and to enter into this Agreement and perform its obligations under this Agreement hereunder. The execution, delivery and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement;
(ii) The execution and delivery by the Seller performance of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action on the part of the Seller; neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement do not and will not contravene its organizational documents or the Assignment and Assumption Agreementconflict with, nor the consummation of the transactions herein or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof or thereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute entitle Seller (with due notice or lapse of time or both) to terminate, accelerate or declare a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree agreement or order binding on the Seller instrument to which it is a party or its properties or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Seller;
(iii) by which it is bound. The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and the consummation by Seller will not result in any violation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do any law, any order of any court or other agency of government, rule or regulation applicable to it. Seller is not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice a party to, the registration withnor subject to or bound by, any judgment, injunction or the taking decree of any other action in respect of, any state, federal court or other governmental authority entity which may restrict or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to interfere with the date hereof;
(iv) Each performance of this Agreement and by it.
(c) This Agreement is the Assignment and Assumption Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller andlegal, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller Seller, enforceable against it in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability enforcement may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance, avoidance, preferential transfer, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the now or hereafter in effect relating to creditors' rights of creditors generally and (B) by general principles of equity that may limit the availability of equitable remedies and contractual obligations generally (regardless of whether such enforcement the issue of enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and), and the remedy of specific performance and injunctive relief may be subject to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefore may be brought.
(vd) No consent, waiver, order, approval, authorization or order of, or registration, qualification or filing with, any court or other governmental agency or authority is required for the execution, delivery and performance by Seller of this Agreement and the consummation by Seller of the transactions contemplated hereby, except such consents which have been obtained, and as to such consents the same are final, are in full force and effect, and are not subject to any appeal or further judicial or administrative proceedings. No consent or waiver of any party to any contract to which Seller is a party or by which Seller is bound is required for the execution, delivery and performance by Seller of this Agreement.
(e) There are is no actionsaction, suits suit, grievance, arbitration or proceeding (other than proceedings of general applicability to the electrical generation, transmission and distribution industry and proceedings in the ordinary course of business to obtain authorizations, approvals and permits) pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting the SellerSeller at law or in equity, before any federal, state, municipal or by any other governmental court, administrative agencydepartment, arbitrator commission, board, arbitrator, bureau, agency or governmental body (A) with respect instrumentality which prohibits or impairs Seller’s ability to execute and deliver this Agreement or to consummate any of the transactions contemplated hereby.
(f) There are no bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings pending or being contemplated by this Agreement Seller or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement _______________, or, to its knowledge, threatened against Seller or ________________.
(Bg) No Event of Default with respect to any other matter which in the judgment Seller has occurred and is continuing and no such event or circumstance would occur as a result of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it entering into or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform performing its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement.
(b) The representations and warranties of each Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as of the date of such Transfer Agreement. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Date, as to each, that:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is given;
(ii) There are no defaults (other than delinquency in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgage, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paid;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA or FHLMC. If upon origination of a Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(x) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(xi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period);
(xiv) As of the Closing Date, other than with respect to Retained Interest, no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (i) a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seq.); no Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act (N.M.
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Sources: Capacity and Associated Energy Purchase and Sale Agreement, Capacity and Associated Energy Purchase and Sale Agreement
Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that Company as of the Closing Datefollows:
(ia) The Seller has been duly formed and is existing as a corporation duly organized, validly existing and limited partnership in good standing under the laws governing its creation and existence of the State of Delaware and has full corporate power the power, authority and authority capacity to own its propertyexecute and deliver this Agreement, to carry on its business as presently conductedperform the Seller’s obligations hereunder, and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and consummate the Assignment and Assumption Agreement;transactions contemplated hereby.
(iib) The execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller; neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or by the Assignment Seller and Assumption Agreement, nor the consummation by the Seller of the transactions herein contemplated hereby: (i) do not require the consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or therein contemplatedqualification of, nor compliance with or (except for filings pursuant to Section 16 or Regulation 13D under the provisions hereof Exchange Act) filing by the Seller with, any governmental authority or thereofregulatory authority, including any stock exchange or self-regulatory organization, or court, or body or arbitrator having jurisdiction over the Seller and (ii) except as would not have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Seller to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, do not and will conflict with not constitute or result in a breach ofbreach, violation or default, or constitute a default under, any of cause the provisions acceleration or termination of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree obligation or order binding on right of the Seller or its properties any other party thereto, under (A) any note, bond, mortgage, deed, indenture, lien, instrument, contract, agreement, lease or license, whether written or oral, express or implied, to which the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of Seller is a party, (B) the Seller;’s organizational documents or (C) any statute, law, ordinance, decree, order, injunction, rule, directive, judgment or regulation of any court, administrative or regulatory body, including any stock exchange or self-regulatory organization, governmental authority, arbitrator, mediator or similar body.
(iiic) The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;
(iv) Each of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and the Depositor, in the case of this AgreementCompany, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Seller Seller, enforceable against it the Seller in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) limited by applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance and other similar laws of general application affecting the enforcement of the creditors’ rights of creditors generally and (B) general principles of equity regardless equity. The Seller has duly taken all necessary limited partnership action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and
(v) There are no actionsthis Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and all consents, suits or proceedings pending orapprovals, to the knowledge of authorizations and orders required for the Seller, threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting the Seller, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any ’s execution and delivery of this Agreement and performance of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Assignment hereby have been obtained and Assumption Agreement or (B) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement.
(b) The representations and warranties of each Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as of the date of such Transfer Agreement. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Date, as to each, that:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is given;
(ii) There are no defaults (other than delinquency in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgage, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paid;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA or FHLMC. If upon origination of a Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect.
(d) The Seller is the sole record owner of the Shares. The Seller has good, valid and marketable title to the Shares free and clear of any lien, encumbrance, pledge, charge, security interest, mortgage, title retention agreement, option, equity or other adverse claim or rights of any third party whatsoever (except for restrictions pursuant to applicable federal and state securities laws), and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescindednot, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien (i) assigned, transferred, hypothecated, pledged or otherwise disposed of the MortgageShares or its ownership or other rights in such Shares or (ii) given any person or entity any transfer order, in whole power of attorney or in part, nor has other authority of any instrument been executed that would effect any nature whatsoever with respect to such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien on Shares. Following the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable Transferred Mortgage LoanRepurchase Transaction, and (3) such other matters against payment made pursuant to which like properties are commonly subject which do notthis Agreement, individually or in the aggregategood, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good valid and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor Shares, free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, clear of any lien, encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, mortgage, title retention agreement, option, equity or other adverse claim (except for (x) restrictions pursuant to applicable federal and has full right state securities laws and authority(y) agreements, subject equity or other claim or rights of holder of capital, profits and other interests pursuant to the Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement of AP VIII Aegis Holdings, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership), will pass to the Company.
(e) There is no interest action, suit, proceeding or participation of, or agreement with, any other partyinvestigation pending or, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorneythe Seller’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insuranceknowledge, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring currently threatened that questions the validity of this Agreement, or the creation right of the condominium form of ownership with respect Seller to the project in which such unit is located. With respect enter into this Agreement or to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. There are presently no outstanding judgments, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder decrees or orders of any court or any governmental or administrative agency against the Seller which questions the validity of this Agreement or the right of the related Mortgage, including Seller to consummate the Seller, has done, transactions contemplated by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loanthis Agreement.
(ixf) There is no proceeding pending The Seller has not incurred any obligation or liability, contingent or otherwise, for any brokerage or finder’s fee, agent’s commission or other similar payments to any third party in connection with the total transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(g) Seller has been furnished with such documents, materials and information as Seller deems necessary or partial condemnation appropriate for evaluating the financial condition of any Mortgaged Property (orthe Company, in including information regarding the case of any Cooperative LoanRepurchase Transaction, and has had the opportunity to ask questions of, and receive answers from, the related cooperative unit) officers of the Company, concerning the Company and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so the terms and conditions of the Repurchase Transaction. The Seller acknowledges and explicitly agrees that although it has received certain information from the Company as to have a material adverse effect on its financial condition and other matters and the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(x) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(xi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period);
(xiv) As of the Closing Date, other than with respect to Retained Interest, no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (i) a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage LoansRepurchase Transaction, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect understands that the Shares may be worth more than the Purchase Price to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior be paid to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seqSeller.); no Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act (N.M.
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Sources: Stock Repurchase Agreement, Stock Repurchase Agreement (Presidio, Inc.)
Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that Purchaser, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date, that:
(i) a. The Seller Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing of the jurisdiction of its creation incorporation.
b. The execution, delivery and existence and has full corporate power and authority to own its property, to carry on its business as presently conducted, and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement;
(ii) The execution and delivery by the Seller performance of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement have has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller; neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions herein or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof or thereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Seller;
(iii) The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;
(iv) Each of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller Company, enforceable against it the Company in accordance with its respective terms, except as such to the extent that enforceability may be subject to (A) limited by applicable bankruptcy bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement creditors' right generally.
c. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement does and will not (i) violate any provision of the rights Company's Certificate of creditors generally and Incorporation or By-laws, (Bii) general principles violate or breach any material contract or agreement to which the Company is a party, (iii) result in the creation of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity any lien, security interest, charge or at law; and
(v) There are no actions, suits encumbrance on any property or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge assets of the SellerCompany, threatened or likely to be asserted against (iv) require the authorization, consent or affecting the Seller, before approval of any court or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect pursuant to any of law, statute, rule or regulation to which the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or (B) with respect Company is subject to any other matter order, judgment or decree by which in the judgment of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption AgreementCompany is bound.
(b) The representations and warranties d. When issued in accordance with the terms of each Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as of the date of such Transfer Agreement. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Date, as to each, thatShares:
(i) The information set forth with respect to except for the Transferred Mortgage Loans on Regulation S legend provided in this Agreement, will be free and clear of any restrictions, liens, claims or other encumbrances by the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing Company (other than those that may arise by reason of any action or inaction of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is givenPurchaser);
(ii) There are no defaults (other than delinquency in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgagewill be duly authorized, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxesvalidly issued, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paidfully paid an nonassessable;
(iii) Except will not have been issued or sold in the case violation of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings any preemptive or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements similar rights of the guidelines holders of FNMA or FHLMC. If upon origination of a Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements any securities of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;Company; and
(iv) Each Mortgage will not subject the holders thereof to personal liability to the Company solely by reason of their ownership of such Shares.
e. The Company is a "Reporting Issuer" as defined by Rule 901(1) of Regulation S. The Company is in full compliance, to the extent applicable, with all reporting obligations under either Section 12(b), 12(g) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"). The Common Stock trades on NASDAQ National Market System and its trading symbol is "AIPN"".
f. Seller has not offered the securities which are the subject of this transaction to any person in the United States, any identifiable groups of U.S. citizens abroad, or to any U.S. person as that term is defined in Regulation S.
g. At the time the buy order was originated, Seller and/or its agents reasonably believed Purchaser was outside of the United States and was not a U.S. person.
h. Seller and/or its agents reasonably believe that the transaction has not been satisfiedpre- arranged with a buyer in the United States.
i. In regard to this transaction, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property Seller has not been released from conducted any "direct selling efforts" as that term is defined in Rule 902 of regulation S nor has Seller conducted any general solicitation relating to the lien offer and sale of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(x) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property securities which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(xi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period);
(xiv) As of the Closing Date, other than with respect to Retained Interest, no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (i) a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending this transaction to person resident within the United States or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As elsewhere. Each of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on foregoing representations and warranties shall survive the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seqClosing.); no Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act (N.M.
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Sources: Offshore Securities Subscription Agreement (American International Petroleum Corp /Nv/), Offshore Securities Subscription Agreement (American International Petroleum Corp /Nv/)
Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that as of the Closing DateT&D that:
(ia) The Seller is a corporation corporation, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing of the State of ________ and is duly qualified to do business in all jurisdictions where such qualification is required or where such qualification is necessary for it to perform its creation and existence and obligations hereunder.
(b) Seller has full corporate power and authority to own its property, to carry on its business as presently now being conducted, and to enter into this Agreement and perform its obligations under this Agreement hereunder. The execution, delivery and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement;
(ii) The execution and delivery by the Seller performance of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action on the part of the Seller; neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement do not and will not contravene its organizational documents or the Assignment and Assumption Agreementconflict with, nor the consummation of the transactions herein or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof or thereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute entitle Seller (with due notice or lapse of time or both) to terminate, accelerate or declare a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree agreement or order binding on the Seller instrument to which it is a party or its properties or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Seller;
(iii) by which it is bound. The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and the consummation by Seller will not result in any violation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do any law, any order of any court or other agency of government, rule or regulation applicable to it. Seller is not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice a party to, the registration withnor subject to or bound by, any judgment, injunction or the taking decree of any other action in respect of, any state, federal court or other governmental authority entity which may restrict or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to interfere with the date hereof;
(iv) Each performance of this Agreement and by it.
(c) This Agreement is the Assignment and Assumption Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller andlegal, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller Seller, enforceable against it in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability enforcement may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance, avoidance, preferential transfer, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the now or hereafter in effect relating to creditors' rights of creditors generally and (B) by general principles of equity that may limit the availability of equitable remedies and contractual obligations generally (regardless of whether such enforcement the issue of enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and), and the remedy of specific performance and injunctive relief may be subject to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefore may be brought.
(vd) No consent, waiver, order, approval, authorization or order of, or registration, qualification or filing with, any court or other governmental agency or authority is required for the execution, delivery and performance by Seller of this Agreement and the consummation by Seller of the transactions contemplated hereby, except such consents which have been obtained, and as to such consents the same are final, are in full force and effect, and are not subject to any appeal or further judicial or administrative proceedings. No consent or waiver of any party to any contract to which Seller is a party or by which Seller is bound is required for the execution, delivery and performance by Seller of this Agreement.
(e) There are is no actionsaction, suits suit, grievance, arbitration or proceeding (other than proceedings of general applicability to the electrical generation, transmission and distribution industry and proceedings in the ordinary course of business to obtain authorizations, approvals and permits) pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting the SellerSeller at law or in equity, before any federal, state, municipal or by any other governmental court, administrative agencydepartment, arbitrator commission, board, arbitrator, bureau, agency or governmental body (A) with respect instrumentality which prohibits or impairs Seller’s ability to execute and deliver this Agreement or to consummate any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or (B) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreementhereby.
(b) The representations and warranties of each Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as of the date of such Transfer Agreement. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Date, as to each, that:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is given;
(ii) There are no defaults (other than delinquency in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgage, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paid;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA or FHLMC. If upon origination of a Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(x) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(xi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period);
(xiv) As of the Closing Date, other than with respect to Retained Interest, no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (i) a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seq.); no Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act (N.M.
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Sources: Capacity Purchase and Sale Agreement, Demand Resource Capacity Purchase and Sale Agreement
Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor Purchaser that as of the Closing Date:
(ia) The Seller has taken all steps necessary to transfer all of the Seller's right, title, and interest in and to the Purchased Assets to the Purchaser.
(b) Immediately prior to the transfers contemplated by this Agreement, the Seller was the sole owner and holder of the Purchased Assets, free and clear of any and all liens, pledges, charges, or security interests of any nature.
(c) The Seller (i) is a corporation duly organized, validly existing existing, and in good standing under the laws governing its creation and existence and of Delaware, (ii) has the full corporate power right, power, and authority to own its property, to carry on its business as presently conducted, and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Assignment Ancillary Agreements and Assumption Agreement;
(ii) The execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller; neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions herein or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof or thereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Seller;
(iii) The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and the consummation of to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not require the consent (iii) has obtained all requisite company or approval ofsimilar authorizations, the giving of notice to, the registration withconsents, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior approvals applicable to the date hereof;do so.
(ivd) Each of this This Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement has Ancillary Agreements have been duly executed and delivered by the Seller andand constitute the legal, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption Agreementvalid, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation obligations of the Seller enforceable against it in accordance with its respective their terms, except as such the enforceability thereof may be subject to (A) limited by any applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium, or similar laws affecting the enforcement of the creditors' rights of creditors generally and (B) by general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; andequity.
(ve) There are no actionsSince September 30, suits or proceedings pending or1999, to the knowledge of the Seller there has not occurred any material adverse change or any threatened material adverse change in the business, operations, properties, assets, or condition (financial or otherwise) of Kafus, other than those disclosed to the public and those disclosed to the Purchaser in writing prior to the date hereof.
(f) To the knowledge of Seller, threatened no action, suit, or likely to be asserted proceeding has been commenced against Kafus before any court or affecting the Sellerarbitrator or any governmental body, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body official except for such action, suit, or proceeding that could not reasonably be expected to have a material and adverse effect on the business, operations, properties, assets, or condition (Afinancial or otherwise) of Kafus.
(g) All material information given by the Seller to the Purchaser in connection with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or (B) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement.
(b) The representations and warranties of each Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as of the date of such Transfer Agreement. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Date, as to each, that:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is was true and correct in all material respects at on the date or dates respecting which such information is given;was given and on the date hereof.
(iih) There are no defaults (other than delinquency in payment) in complying with the terms of any MortgageAny approvals, filings, and consents relating to the transfer of the Purchased Assets from the Seller has no notice as to the Purchaser required to be obtained from or made with any taxesgovernmental or quasi-governmental agency, governmental assessmentsentity, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which body from whom approval is required under applicable law have not been paid;made or obtained.
(iiii) Except Assuming that the Purchaser's representations set forth in this Agreement are true and correct, the sale of the Purchased Assets in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on manner contemplated by this Agreement by the related Mortgaged Property to Seller will be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in exempt from the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the registration requirements of the guidelines of FNMA or FHLMC. If upon origination of a Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register Securities Act by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(x) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(xi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning reason of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period4(2);
(xiv) As of the Closing Date, other than with respect to Retained Interest, no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (i) a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seq.); no Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act (N.M.
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Sources: Purchase and Sale Agreement (Se Thunderbird Lp), Purchase and Sale Agreement (Enron North America Corp)
Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that as of the Closing Datedate hereof that:
(i) The Seller is a Delaware corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing its creation and existence and has full corporate power and authority to own its property, to carry on its business as presently conducted, conducted and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement;
(ii) The execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller; neither none of the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof or thereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation federal stock charter or bylaws of the Seller;
(iii) The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;
(iv) Each of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against it in accordance with its respective terms, terms except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally and (B) general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and
(v) There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting the Seller, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or (B) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement.
(b) The representations and warranties of each the Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans contained in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as of the date of such the Transfer AgreementAgreement and brought forward to the Closing Date pursuant to the Bring Down Letter. The representations and warranties of the Transferor with respect to the Mortgage Loans contained in the Bring Down Letter are being made as of the Closing Date. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a the Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement or Bring Down Letter and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller Sponsor under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller Sponsor of such representation and warranty (other than a breach by the Seller Sponsor of the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix1.04(b)(vi) and 1.04(b)(xx1.04(b)(vii)) shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such the Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it; provided, however, that to the extent the Transferor fails to fulfill its contractual obligations under the Transfer Agreement then the Depositor shall have the right to enforce such obligations of the Transferor against the Sponsor. The representations made by the Seller Sponsor pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix1.04(b)(vi) and 1.04(b)(xx1.04(b)(vii) shall be direct obligations of the SellerSponsor. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller Sponsor in this Section 1.04(b) (other than the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix1.04(b)(vi) and 1.04(b)(xx1.04(b)(vii)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer AgreementAgreement or Bring Down Letter. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with With respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach by the Transferor of a any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such the Transfer AgreementAgreement or Bring Down Letter, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such the Transfer Agreement and the Bring Down Letter by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Replacement Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-two year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Datehereunder, as to each, thatthat as of June 1, 2006:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is given;
(ii) There are As of the Closing Date, no defaults (other than delinquency Mortgage Loan is in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgage, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paidforeclosure;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA or FHLMC. If upon origination of a Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(x) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(xi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “"qualified mortgage” " within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (as determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period);
(xiv) As of the Closing Date, other than with respect to Retained Interest, no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (i) a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seq.); no Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act (N.M.
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Sources: Mortgage Loan Sale and Assignment Agreement (Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-Fm1), Mortgage Loan Sale and Assignment Agreement (Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-Rm3)
Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that as of the Closing Datefollows:
(ia) The Seller is a corporation duly organizedincorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing of its creation jurisdiction of incorporation, and existence is duly qualified to do business, and has full corporate power and authority to own its propertyis in good standing as a foreign corporation, to carry on in every jurisdiction where the nature of its business as presently conductedrequires it to be so qualified, and unless the failure to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement;so qualify could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(ii) The execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller; neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions herein or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof or thereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Seller;
(iiib) The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, including the Seller’s sale of Receivables hereunder and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and the consummation Seller’s use of the transactions contemplated hereby proceeds of Purchases, (i) are within the Seller’s corporate powers, (ii) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and thereby (iii) will not (A) violate (1) the Seller’s certificate of incorporation or by-laws, (2) any Law applicable to the Seller, except to the extent such violation could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (3) any provision of any material indenture, certificate of designation for preferred stock, agreement or other instrument to which the Seller is a party or by which it or any of its property is or may be bound or (B) be in conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute (alone or with notice or lapse of time or both) a default under, give rise to a right of or result in any cancellation of any right or acceleration of any payment obligations under any such material indenture, certificate of designation for preferred stock, agreement or other instrument and (iv) do not result in or require the consent creation of any Adverse Claim upon or with respect to any of its properties (except as created pursuant to the Transaction Documents).
(c) No authorization or approval ofor other action by, the giving of and no notice to, the registration to or filing with, any Official Body is required for the due execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agencydocument to be delivered by it thereunder, except such as has for (i) the filing of the financing statements referred to in Section 4.1 of the Receivables Transfer Agreement (which financing statements shall have been obtained, given, effected or taken delivered to the Administrative Agent prior to the date hereof;Restatement Effective Date) and (ii) such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect.
(ivd) Each of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement Transaction Documents to which the Seller is a party has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller andand constitutes the legal, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against it the Seller in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to (Ai) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the creditors’ rights of creditors generally and generally, (Bii) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforcement enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and) and (iii) implied covenants of good faith and fair dealing.
(ve) There Since December 31, 2006, no Material Adverse Effect has occurred.
(f) Except as set forth on Schedule II, (i) as of the initial Purchase Date, there are no actions, suits or proceedings at law or in equity or by or before any Official Body or in arbitration now pending or, to the actual knowledge of a Responsible Officer of the Seller, threatened or likely to be asserted in writing against or affecting the Seller, before Seller or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or (B) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations property or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement.
(b) The representations and warranties of each Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as of the date of such Transfer Agreement. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement rights and (ii) as of each Reporting Date, there are no actions, suits or proceedings at law or in equity or by or before any Official Body or in arbitration or, to the actual knowledge of a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx) shall be direct obligations Responsible Officer of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of , threatened in writing against or affecting the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than the representations and warranties made pursuant or any of its business, property or rights, which could reasonably be expected to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Date, as to each, that:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is given;
(ii) There are no defaults (other than delinquency in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgage, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paid;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA or FHLMC. If upon origination of a Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do nothave, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with a Material Adverse Effect.
(g) No proceeds of any Purchase will be used to purchase or carry, or to extend credit to others for the benefits purpose of purchasing or carrying, “margin stock” within the meaning of Regulation T, U or X promulgated by the Board of Governors of the security intended Federal Reserve System from time to be provided by the Mortgage. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;time.
(vih) No transaction contemplated hereby requires compliance with any bulk sales act or similar law.
(i) Immediately prior to each Purchase of Receivables from the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the DepositorSeller hereunder, the Seller was will be the sole owner of such Receivables and all Receivables Property with respect thereto, free and clear of any Adverse Claim. Upon each Purchase, the Buyer shall have acquired a valid and perfected ownership interest in each Receivable now existing or hereafter arising and in the Receivables Property with respect thereto, in each case free and clear of any Adverse Claim (other than Adverse Claims created by the Buyer or its assigns).
(j) Each report delivered pursuant to Section 2.11 of the Receivables Transfer Agreement (if prepared by the Seller or any of its Affiliates, or to the extent that information contained therein is supplied by the Seller or an Affiliate), information, exhibit, document, book, record or report furnished in writing at any time by or on behalf of the Seller in connection with the Transaction Documents is accurate in all material respects as of its date or (except as otherwise disclosed to the Buyer at such time) as of the date so furnished.
(k) The Seller is located in its jurisdiction of incorporation or organization specified in Exhibit C for the purposes of Section 9-307 of the UCC as in effect in the State of New York.
(l) The names and holder addresses of each Transferred Mortgage Loanall the Lock-Box Banks, together with the account numbers of the Lock-Box Accounts, are as specified in Exhibit A (as the same may be updated from time to time pursuant to Section 5.01(g)).
(m) In the past five (5) years, the Seller has not used any corporate name, tradename or doing-business-as name other than the name in which it has executed this Agreement and the other names listed on Exhibit C. The Seller’s Federal Employer Identification Number and, if organized in a jurisdiction other than Delaware, its organizational identification number is as set forth on Exhibit C.
(n) The Seller had good is not an “investment company” as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(i) The fair value of the assets of the Seller, at a fair valuation, exceed the debts and marketable title theretoliabilities, direct, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, of the Seller; (ii) the present fair saleable value of the property of the Seller is greater than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of the Seller on its debts and has full right other liabilities, direct, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and other liabilities become absolute and matured; (iii) the Seller will be able to transfer pay its debts and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan liabilities, direct, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured; and (iv) the Seller does not have unreasonably small capital with which to conduct the businesses in which it is engaged as such businesses are now conducted and are proposed to be conducted following the Restatement Effective Date.
(p) Each Receivable treated as or represented by the Seller to be an Eligible Receivable as of any Purchase Date was an Eligible Receivable on such date.
(q) All Obligors with respect to Receivables sold by the Seller hereunder have been instructed to remit all their payments in respect of Receivables directly to a Lock-Box Account.
(r) The transfers of Receivables by the Seller to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan Buyer pursuant to this Agreement;, and all other transactions between the Seller and the Buyer, have been and will be made in good faith and without intent to hinder, delay or defraud creditors of the Seller.
(viis) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan The Seller and its ERISA Affiliates are in compliance with the applicable provisions of ERISA and the provisions of the Code relating to Plans and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder and any similar applicable non U.S. law, except for such noncompliance that could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No Reportable Event has occurred during the past five years as to which the Seller or any ERISA Affiliate was required to file a report with the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, other than reports that have been filed and reports the failure of which to file could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. As of the Restatement Effective Date, the present value of all benefit liabilities under each Plan of the Seller and the ERISA Affiliates (based on those assumptions used to fund such Plan), did not as of the last annual valuation date applicable thereto for which a valuation is available, exceed the value of the assets of such Plan by an amount that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and the present value of all benefit liabilities of all underfunded Plans (on a termination basis and based on those assumptions used to fund each such Plan), did not as of the last annual valuation dates applicable thereto for which valuations are available, exceed the value of the assets of all such underfunded Plans by an amount that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. None of the Seller and the ERISA Affiliates has incurred or could reasonably be expected to incur any Cooperative Loan Withdrawal Liability that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. None of the Seller and the ERISA Affiliates has received any written notification that any Multiemployer Plan is covered in reorganization or has been terminated within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA, or has knowledge that any Multiemployer Plan is reasonably expected to be in reorganization or to be terminated, where such reorganization or termination has had or could reasonably be expected to have, through increases in the contributions required to be made to such Plan or otherwise, a Material Adverse Effect.
(t) No event has occurred and is continuing and no condition exists which constitutes a Termination Event.
(u) Except as set forth on Schedule III, the Seller has filed or caused to be filed all material tax returns and has paid or caused to be paid or made adequate provision for all material taxes due and payable by either it and all material assessments received by it except to the extent that non-payment: (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans being contested in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located good faith; or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by could not reasonably be expected to result in a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph Material Adverse Effect.
(v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then The assignment of each Receivable and the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring Receivables Property the validity subject of any Purchase on the related Purchase Date and the fulfillment of the creation terms hereof will not violate any applicable Law or any material contractual obligation by which the Seller or any of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loanits property may be bound.
(ixw) There The Seller has performed and complied in all respects with the terms of the Contract relating to each Purchased Receivable that is no proceeding pending for treated as or represented by the total Seller or partial condemnation any of any Mortgaged Property (orits Affiliates to be an Eligible Receivable, in except to the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each extent that such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as failure to comply could not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;Material Adverse Effect.
(x) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which The Seller and the Collection Agent have the capability: (i) at any given time to identify each individual Purchased Receivable and (ii) to track Collections in respect of each such Receivable and each of the Receivables that have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under will be sold by the law could give rise Seller to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;Buyer in accordance herewith.
(xiy) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made The Seller has complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, its Credit and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (determined without Collection Policy in regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) each Purchased Receivable that is treated as or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period);
(xiv) As of the Closing Date, other than with respect to Retained Interest, no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (i) a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, represented by the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seqbe an Eligible Receivable.); no Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act (N.M.
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Sources: Receivables Purchase Agreement (Nalco Holding CO), Receivables Purchase Agreement (Nalco Finance Holdings LLC)
Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that as of the Closing Date:
(i) The the Seller is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing its creation and existence and has full corporate power and authority to own its property, to carry on its business as presently conducted, conducted and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement;
(ii) The the execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller; neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or this Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions therein or herein or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof thereof or thereofhereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Seller;
(iii) The the execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby and hereby and thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;
(iv) Each each of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against it in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally and (B) general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and
(v) There there are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting the Seller, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or this Agreement or (B) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or this Agreement.
(b) The representations and warranties of each Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as of the date of such Transfer Agreement. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made by it pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii(xiii), 1.04(b)(xviii(xiv), 1.04(b)(xix(xv) and 1.04(b)(xx(xvi)) , shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii(xiii), 1.04(b)(xviii(xiv), 1.04(b)(xix(xv) and 1.04(b)(xx(xvi) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than the any representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii(xiii), 1.04(b)(xviii(xiv), 1.04(b)(xix(xv) and 1.04(b)(xx)(xvi) by it) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans (other than any representations and warranties made by it pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), (xiii), (xiv), (xv) and (xvi)) if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on hereunder, as to each that, as of the Closing Date, as to each, that:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is given;
(ii) There are no defaults (other than delinquency in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgage, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paid;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA Xxxxxx Mae or FHLMCXxxxxxx Mac. If upon origination of a the Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) ), a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect effect, which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each The related Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable such Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) . There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(xix) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(xix) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xiixi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period)1.860G-2;
(xivxii) As of Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the Closing Datetime it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, other than with respect to Retained Intereststate and federal laws, including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory, abusive and fair lending laws; and, specifically, (a) no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (i) secured by a single fixed rate Mortgaged Property located in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 New Jersey is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to as defined in the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of effective November 27, 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seq.); (b) no Transferred Mortgage Loan secured by a Mortgaged Property located in New Mexico is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to as defined in the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act effective January 1, 2004 (N.M.
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Sources: Mortgage Loan Sale and Assignment Agreement (Lehman XS Trust, Series 2006-8), Mortgage Loan Sale and Assignment Agreement (Lehman XS Trust 2006-11)
Representations and Warranties of the Seller. The Seller represents and warrants as follows:
(a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that as of the Closing Date:
(i) The Seller is a corporation limited liability company duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing its creation and existence and of the State of Delaware, (ii) has full corporate the requisite power and authority under its Organization Documents and applicable law to own its property, property and assets and to carry on its business as presently conductednow conducted and proposed to be conducted after the Closing Date and (iii) is duly qualified to do business, and is in good standing, in every jurisdiction where such qualification or authorization is required, except, with respect to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement;
clauses (ii) and (iii), to the extent that any failure could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) The execution and delivery by Seller has no Subsidiaries. All of the outstanding membership interests of the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement have been duly authorized are owned, directly or indirectly, by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller; neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions herein or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof or thereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Seller;FNIS.
(iiic) The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not require thereby, including the consent or approval ofSeller’s use of the proceeds of Purchases and reinvestments, are within the giving of notice toSeller’s powers, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;
(iv) Each of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement has have been duly executed authorized and delivered by all necessary action on its part, do not (i) violate (x) any provision of the Seller andSeller’s Organization Documents or any other agreement governing its organization and/or scope of power and authority or any applicable law, assuming due authorizationrule, execution and delivery regulation or order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, determination or award of any Governmental Authority binding upon it, (ii) except to the extent the same could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, result in a breach of or constitute (alone or with notice or lapse of time or both) a default under any indenture or any agreement or other instrument to which it is a party, or by which it or any of its properties or assets are bound, or (iii) except for the Liens created by the BankTransaction Documents, result in or require the case creation or imposition of the Assignment and Assumption Agreementany Lien upon any of its property or assets.
(d) This Agreement is, and the Depositorother Transaction Documents to which the Seller is or will be a party when delivered will be, in the case of this Agreementlegal, constitutes a valid and binding obligation obligations of the Seller enforceable against it the Seller in accordance with its their respective terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally and (B) by general principles of equity regardless equity, including implied obligations of whether such enforcement good faith and fair dealing.
(e) No authorization or approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any Governmental Authority is considered or will be required for the due execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of any Transaction Document to which it is a party or any transaction contemplated hereby or thereby, except for the filings of the financing statements referred to in Article III.
(f) Since the date of the Seller’s formation, there has not occurred any development or event affecting, or any change in the assets, results of operations or financial condition of the Seller which has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(g) There is no action, suit, investigation, litigation or proceeding at law or in equity or at law; and
(v) There are no actions, suits by or proceedings before any Governmental Authority now pending or, to the knowledge of any Specified Responsible Officer of the Seller, threatened against the Seller or likely its assets or rights as to be asserted against or affecting the Sellerwhich there is a reasonable likelihood of an adverse decision and which, before or by any courtif adversely determined, administrative agencycould, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or (B) with respect to any other matter which individually or, in the judgment of the Seller will aggregate, reasonably be determined adversely expected to the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreementhave a Material Adverse Effect.
(bi) The representations Immediately prior to the time of the initial creation of an interest hereunder in any Pool Receivable, the Seller is the legal and warranties beneficial owner of each Transferor such Pool Receivable and Related Security and Collections with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans thereto, in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as each case free and clear of the date of such Transfer Agreement. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both Lien (i) a representation or warranty of a Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement and other than Permitted Liens).
(ii) Upon each Purchase or reinvestment, the Seller shall transfer to the Purchaser making such Purchase or reinvestment (and such Purchaser shall acquire) a representation or warranty valid interest to the extent of the Seller under this Agreement, pertinent Receivable Interest in each Pool Receivable then existing or thereafter arising and in the sole right or remedy of the Depositor Related Security and Collections with respect to a breach by the Seller thereto, free and clear of such representation and warranty any Lien (other than Permitted Liens), which ownership interest or security interest shall be a breach by perfected first priority ownership interest or security interest upon the Seller filing of the representations and warranties made pursuant financing statements referred to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xixin Section 3.1(b)(ii) and 1.04(b)(xx(vi)) shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if that, notwithstanding such transfer and notwithstanding anything to the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under contrary in any Transaction Document, the Seller shall at all times have the right to retain copies of all Contracts, Records and other items constituting the Related Security.
(iii) With respect to each transfer to it of any Pool Receivables, the Seller has either (i) purchased such Pool Receivables from an Originator in exchange for payment (made by the Seller to an Originator in accordance with the provisions of the Receivables Sale Agreement) in an amount which constitutes fair consideration and approximates fair market value for such Transfer Agreement Pool Receivables and in a sale the terms and conditions of which (including, without limitation, the purchase price thereof) reasonably approximate an arm’s-length transaction between unaffiliated parties or (ii) acquired such Pool Receivables from FNIS as a capital contribution in accordance with the provisions of the Receivables Sale Agreement. No such sale, and no such contribution, has been made for or on account of an antecedent debt owed by substituting for any Originator to the affected Mortgage Loan Seller and no such sale or contribution is or may be voidable or subject to avoidance under any section of the Bankruptcy Code.
(i) The jurisdiction of incorporation, organizational identification number (if any), and the address(es) of the principal place of business and chief executive office of the Seller and the office where the Seller keeps its Records concerning the Receivable Assets, are as set forth in Schedule III hereto (or, by notice to the Agent in accordance with Section 5.1(e), at such other locations in jurisdictions, within the United States, where all requested actions under Section 6.5(a) have been taken and completed).
(j) Schedule I hereto (as supplemented by any Permitted Account Update) correctly sets forth (1) with respect to each such Lock Box Bank, the name, address and telephone number thereof, (2) with respect to each Lock-Box Account, the name in which such account is held and the complete account number therefor, (3) with respect to each Lock Box, the lock box number and address thereof and (4) with respect to each other Restricted Account, the name in which such account is held, the complete account number therefor and the name, address and telephone number of the depositary bank with which such Restricted Account is maintained. Except pursuant to the Control Agreements, neither the Seller, the Servicer nor any Receivables Administrator has granted any Person dominion or control over any Lock Box or Restricted Account, or the right to take dominion or control over any Lock Box or Restricted Account at a mortgage loan which is not future time or upon the occurrence of a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loanfuture event.
(k) Since the date of its formation, the Seller shallhas not engaged in any activity other than as contemplated or permitted by the Transaction Documents or entered into any commitment or incurred any Indebtedness other than pursuant to, or as permitted under, the Transaction Documents.
(l) The Seller has not maintained, contributed to or incurred or assumed any obligation with respect to any Plan, Multiemployer Plan or Welfare Plan, except such obligation or contingent obligation that arises as a matter of law solely as a result of an ERISA Affiliate’s sponsorship of a Plan, Multiemployer Plan or Welfare Plan.
(m) The Seller has complied with the Credit and Collection Policy in exchange all material respects and since the date of this Agreement there has been no change in the Credit and Collection Policy except as permitted hereunder. The Seller has not extended or modified the terms of any Pool Receivable or the Contract under which any such Pool Receivable arose, except in accordance with the Credit and Collection Policy.
(n) The Seller has filed all Federal and material state and other tax returns and reports required to be filed, and has paid all Federal and material state and other taxes, assessments, fees and other governmental charges levied or imposed upon it or its properties, income or assets otherwise due and payable, except those (i) which are not overdue by more than 30 days, (ii) which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor which adequate reserves have been provided in accordance with GAAP or (aiii) with respect to which the applicable failure to make such filings or payment could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(o) The Seller is not an “investment company” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(p) Both before and after giving effect to (i) each Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following to be made on the Closing DateDate or such other date as Purchases requested hereunder are made, (ii) the disbursement of the proceeds of any Capital Investment, (iii) the consummation of each other transaction contemplated by the other Transaction Documents and (iv) the payment and accrual of all transaction costs in connection with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery is Solvent.
(q) No proceeds of any purchase hereunder will be used for a purpose that violates, or would be inconsistent with, Regulation U or X.
(r) This Agreement, together with the filing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans financing statements contemplated hereby, is effective to, and shall, upon each Purchase hereunder, transfer to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Date, as to each, that:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is given;
(ii) There are no defaults (other than delinquency in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgage, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paid;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA or FHLMC. If upon origination of a Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to Agent for the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
Purchasers (iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien Agent for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including Purchasers shall acquire from the Seller, has done, by act ) a valid and perfected first priority undivided percentage ownership interest or omission, anything that would impair security interest in each Receivable existing or hereafter arising and in the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced Related Security and Collections with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation thereto, free and clear of any Mortgaged Property (orLiens, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(x) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(xi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period);
(xiv) As of the Closing Date, other than with respect to Retained Interest, no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (i) a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seqexcept Permitted Liens.); no Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act (N.M.
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Sources: Receivables Purchase Agreement (Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.)
Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that as of the Closing Date:
(i) The the Seller is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing its creation and existence and has full corporate power and authority to own its property, to carry on its business as presently conducted, conducted and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Assignment Agreements and Assumption this Agreement;
(ii) The the execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment Agreements and Assumption this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller; neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreements or this Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions therein or herein or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof thereof or thereofhereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Seller;
(iii) The the execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment Agreements and Assumption this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby and hereby and thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;
(iv) Each each of this Agreement and the Assignment Agreements and Assumption this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption AgreementAgreements, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against it in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally and (B) general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and
(v) There there are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting the Seller, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreements or this Agreement or (B) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreements or this Agreement.
(b) The representations and warranties of each Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as of the date of such Transfer Agreement. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a the Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than except in the case of a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made by it pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii1.04(b)(xiii), 1.04(b)(xvii(xiv), 1.04(b)(xviii(xv), 1.04(b)(xix(xvi), (xvii) and 1.04(b)(xx(xviii)) , shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii1.04(b)(xiii), 1.04(b)(xvii(xiv), 1.04(b)(xviii(xv), 1.04(b)(xix(xvi), (xvii) and 1.04(b)(xx(xviii) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than except in the case of those representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii1.04(b)(xiii), 1.04(b)(xvii(xiv), 1.04(b)(xviii(xv), 1.04(b)(xix(xvi), (xvii) and 1.04(b)(xx(xviii)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans (except in the case of those representations and warranties made by it pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xiii), (xiv), (xv), (xvi), (xvii) and (xviii)) if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Datehereunder, as to each, that, as of the Closing Date:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is given;
(ii) There are no defaults (other than delinquency in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgage, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paid;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA Xxxxxx Xxx or FHLMCXxxxxxx Mac. If upon origination of a the Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) ), a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect effect, which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each In the case of all the Mortgage Loans (by Scheduled Principal Balance as of the Cut-off Date), the related Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable such Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s our knowledge, no foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) . There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(xix) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(xix) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xi) [reserved];
(xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period)1.860G-2;
(xivxiii) As of Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the Closing Datetime it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, other than with respect to Retained Intereststate and federal laws, including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory, abusive and fair lending laws; and, specifically, (a) no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (i) secured by a single fixed rate Mortgaged Property located in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 New Jersey is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to as defined in the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of effective November 27, 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seq.); (b) no Transferred Mortgage Loan secured by a Mortgaged Property located in New Mexico is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to as defined in the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act effective January 1, 2004 (N.M.
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Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that as Purchaser that:
a) the Seller is the sole and exclusive recorded, and direct and beneficial owner of one hundred percent (100%) right, title and interest in and to the NL Property, subject to the rights, title and interest of the Closing Date:Purchaser in the Nivloc Agreements, to Seller’s knowledge, after reasonable and diligent inquiry, free and clear of all liens, charges and encumbrances of whatsoever nature, save and except for rights of the United States of America in the unpatented NL Claims;
(ib) The Seller is a corporation the NL Property claims have been validly located and are now duly organized, validly existing recorded and in good standing under in accordance with the laws governing its creation and existence and has full corporate power and authority to own its property, to carry on its business as presently conductedin effect in Nevada, and to enter under applicable federal laws, rules and regulations;
c) entering into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement;
(ii) The execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller; neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreementdoes not conflict with any applicable law, nor the consummation of the transactions herein or therein contemplateddoes it conflict with, nor compliance with the provisions hereof or thereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, accelerate the performance required by any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree contract or order binding on other commitment to which the Seller is party or its properties or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Sellerby which it is bound;
(iiid) The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of has the full corporate and legal power and authority, and exclusive right to enter into this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;
(iv) Each of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and to sell to the DepositorPurchaser, one hundred percent (100%) of its right, title and interest in and to the Total Property Interests, specifically including the NL Property, the Royalty Rights and the IMMI Claims Option and any and all of Seller’s right, title and interest in any proceeds from any sale of minerals, metals, ores or concentrates (the “Products”) mined and/or removed from or under the NL Property and to assign one hundred percent (100%) of Seller’s right, title and interest in and to the NL Property and in and to the Royalty Rights, and in and to any and all Products mined and/or removed from or under the NL Property, in accordance with the case terms and conditions of this Agreement, constitutes a valid subject to any taxes, and binding obligation subject to any State of Nevada and/or federal law, rule or regulation;
e) work and activities on the NL Property previously carried out by or on behalf of the Seller enforceable has been completed in compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws, rules, orders and regulations and the Seller agrees to save the Purchaser harmless from and against it any loss, liability, claim, demand, damage, expense, injury or death arising out of or in accordance connection with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement operations or activities which were carried out by or on behalf of the rights Seller on the NL Property, including any violation of creditors generally any environmental law, rule or regulation, but excluding any and (B) general principles all work carried out by or on behalf of equity regardless the Purchaser, prior to the Closing date of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at lawthis Agreement; and
(vf) There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, the Seller has made and will continue to make available to the knowledge Purchaser, at the expense of the Seller, threatened all data, information and material directly relating to the mining work and activities performed by or likely to be asserted against or affecting on behalf of the Seller, before or by predecessors in interests in the NL Property, including any courtand all such data, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect information and material relating to any the potential economic mineralization and mining of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or NL Property. Within 10 days following the Assignment Closing, Purchaser shall pick up all of Seller’s drill cuttings and Assumption Agreement or (B) with respect core samples related to any other matter which in the judgment NL Property, provided there are no complications arising from location of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller cuttings and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its businesssamples, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreementweather and/or transportation.
(b) The representations and warranties of each Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as of the date of such Transfer Agreement. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Date, as to each, that:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is given;
(ii) There are no defaults (other than delinquency in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgage, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paid;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA or FHLMC. If upon origination of a Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(x) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(xi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period);
(xiv) As of the Closing Date, other than with respect to Retained Interest, no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (i) a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seq.); no Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act (N.M.
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Sources: Sale and Purchase Agreement (Infrastructure Materials Corp.)
Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that as of the Closing DateDate that:
(i) The Seller is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing its creation and existence and has full corporate power and authority to own its property, to carry on its business as presently conducted, and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement;
(ii) The execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller; neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions herein or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof or thereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Seller;
(iii) The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;
(iv) Each of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against it in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally and (B) general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and
(v) There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting the Seller, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or (B) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement.
(b) The representations and warranties of each Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as of the date of such Transfer Agreement. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix1.04(b)(xi) and 1.04(b)(xx1.04(b)(xvi) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix1.04(b)(xi) and 1.04(b)(xx1.04(b)(xvi)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans (other than the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xi) and 1.04(b)(xvi)) if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Date(or as of such other date as may be specified in particular representations and warranties), as to each, that:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is given;
(ii) There are no defaults (other than delinquency in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgage, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paid;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA or FHLMC. If upon origination of a the Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s 's cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s 's failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s 's cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “"master” " or “"blanket” " hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(x) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(xi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period);
(xiv) As of the Closing Date, other than with respect to Retained Interest, no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (i) a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seq.); no Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act (N.M.
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Sources: Mortgage Loan Sale and Assignment Agreement (Structured Asset Securities Corp)
Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that as of the Closing Date:
(i) The Seller is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing its creation and existence and has full corporate power and authority to own its property, to carry on its business as presently conducted, and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement;
(ii) The execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller; neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions herein or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof or thereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Seller;
(iii) The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;
(iv) Each of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against it in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally and (B) general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and
(v) There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting the Seller, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or (B) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement.
(b) The representations and warranties of each Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as of the date of such Transfer Agreement. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Date, as to each, that:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule (including the prepayment schedule) is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is given;
(ii) There are no defaults (other than delinquency in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgage, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paid;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA or FHLMC. If upon origination of a Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(x) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(xi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan (and the prepayment premium associated with such Transferred Mortgage Loan) at the time it was made complied in all material respects with, and was enforceable in accordance with its terms under, applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending lawslaws (except to the extent that the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, receivership and other similar laws affecting creditor’s rights generally or the collectibility thereof may be limited due to acceleration in connection with foreclosure);
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period);
(xiv) As of the Closing Date, other than with respect to Retained Interest, no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (i) a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seq.); no Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act (N.M.no
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Sources: Mortgage Loan Sale and Assignment Agreement (Lehman XS Trust Series 2007-20n)
Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (The Seller hereby represent and warrant to the Purchaser/s as follows:
a) The Seller hereby represents are the absolute owners of Schedule ‘A’ Property and warrants have the requisite right to carry out development upon the Depositor that as of Schedule ‘A’ Property and there are no encumbrances upon the Closing Date:said Schedule `A’ Property or the Project;
(ib) The Seller is a corporation duly organized, validly existing has lawful right and in good standing under requisite approvals from the laws governing its creation and existence and has full corporate power and authority to own its property, competent Authorities to carry on its business as presently conductedout development of the Project;
c) that there are no easements, quasi-easements, restrictive covenants or other rights or servitudes running with Schedule `A’ Property which affects the peaceful possession and enjoyment of Schedule `A’ Property;
d) All approvals, licenses and permits issued by the competent authorities with respect to enter the Project, said Schedule ‘A’ Property and Unit are valid and subsisting and have been obtained by following due process of law.
e) The Seller has not entered into and perform its obligations any agreement for sale and/or development agreement or any other agreement / arrangement with any person or party with respect to the said Unit, which will, in any manner, affect the rights of Purchaser/s under this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement;
(iif) The At the time of execution and delivery by of the conveyance deed the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part shall handover lawful, vacant, peaceful, physical possession of the Seller; neither Unit to the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions herein or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof or thereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the SellerPurchaser/s;
(iiig) The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;
(iv) Each of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against it in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally and (B) general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and
(v) There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to To the knowledge of the SellerSeller no notice from the Government or any other local body or Authority or any legislative enactment, threatened government ordinance, order, notification (including any notice for acquisition or likely to be asserted against or affecting the Seller, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any requisition of the transactions contemplated said property) has been received by this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or (B) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement.
(b) The representations and warranties of each Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as of the date of such Transfer Agreement. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of served upon the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under said Land and/or the provisions of such Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Date, as to each, that:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is givenProject;
(ii) There are no defaults (other than delinquency in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgage, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paid;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA or FHLMC. If upon origination of a Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(x) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(xi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period);
(xiv) As of the Closing Date, other than with respect to Retained Interest, no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (i) a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seq.); no Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act (N.M.
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Sources: Agreement to Sell
Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that as of the Closing Date:
(i) The Seller is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing its creation and existence and has full corporate power and authority to own its property, to carry on its business as presently conducted, and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement;
(ii) The execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller; neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions herein or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof or thereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Seller;
(iii) The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;
(iv) Each of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against it in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally and (B) general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and
(v) There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting the Seller, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or (B) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement.
(b) The representations and warranties of each the Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as of the date of such Transfer Agreement. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a the Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Date, as to each, that:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is given;
(ii) There are no defaults (other than delinquency in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgage, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paid;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA or FHLMC. If upon origination of a the Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(x) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(xi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period);
(xiv) As of the Closing Date, other than with respect to Retained Interest, no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (i) a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seq.); no Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act (N.M.
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Sources: Mortgage Loan Sale and Assignment Agreement (Lehman XS Trust Series 2006-Gp1)
Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that as of the Closing Datedate hereof that:
(i) The Seller is a Delaware corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing its creation and existence and has full corporate power and authority to own its property, to carry on its business as presently conducted, conducted and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement;
(ii) The execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller; neither none of the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof or thereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation federal stock charter or bylaws of the Seller;
(iii) The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;
(iv) Each of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against it in accordance with its respective terms, terms except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally and (B) general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and
(v) There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting the Seller, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or (B) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement.
(b) The representations and warranties of each the Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans contained in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as of the date of such the Transfer AgreementAgreement and brought forward to the Closing Date pursuant to the Bring Down Letter. The representations and warranties of the Transferor with respect to the Mortgage Loans contained in the Bring Down Letter are being made as of the Closing Date. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a the Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement Agreement, Bring Down Letter or the Term Sheet and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix1.04(b)(vi) and 1.04(b)(xx1.04(b)(vii)) shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such the Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix1.04(b)(vi) and 1.04(b)(xx1.04(b)(vii) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix1.04(b)(vi) and 1.04(b)(xx1.04(b)(vii)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement, Bring Down Letter or Term Sheet. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such the Transfer Agreement, Bring Down Letter or Term Sheet, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such the Transfer Agreement Agreement, the Bring Down Letter and the Term Sheet by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Replacement Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-two year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Datehereunder, as to each, thatthat as of April 27, 2006:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is given;
(ii) There are As of the Closing Date, no defaults (other than delinquency Mortgage Loan is in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgage, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paidforeclosure;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA or FHLMC. If upon origination of a Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(x) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(xi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “"qualified mortgage” " within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (as determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period);
(xiv) As of the Closing Date, other than with respect to Retained Interest, no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (i) a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seq.); no Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act (N.M.
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Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that as of the Closing Datedate hereof that:
(i) The Seller is a Delaware corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing its creation and existence and has full corporate power and authority to own its property, to carry on its business as presently conducted, conducted and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement;
(ii) The execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller; neither none of the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof or thereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation federal stock charter or bylaws of the Seller;
(iii) The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;
(iv) Each of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against it in accordance with its respective terms, terms except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally and (B) general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and
(v) There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting the Seller, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or (B) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement.
(b) The representations and warranties of each the Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans contained in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as of the date of such the Transfer AgreementAgreement and brought forward to the Closing Date pursuant to the Bring Down Letter. The representations and warranties of the Transferor with respect to the Mortgage Loans contained in the Bring Down Letter were made as of the Closing Date. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a the Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement and or Bring Down Letter (ii) whether or not such fact, condition or event would also constitute a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, ) the sole right only rights or remedy remedies of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) shall be first, the right to enforce the obligations of such the Transferor under any such applicable representation or warranty made by itit and, second, only if the Transferor is unable or unwilling to fulfill its obligation to cure or repurchase such Mortgage Loan, the Depositor shall have the right to enforce such rights against the Seller under this Agreement with respect to such representation or warranty; provided, that in the event that the Depositor has received evidence of the issuance of a Transferor Affirmation Notice, the Depositor shall only be entitled to enforce any right it has against the Transferor under the Transferor Agreement and shall not have any rights against the Seller under the Sale Agreement with respect to such representation or warranty. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix1.04(b)(vii) and 1.04(b)(xx1.04(b)(viii) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties In furtherance of the above, the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than expressly acknowledges that prior to the representations issuance of a Transferor Affirmation Notice, it shall be obligated and warranties liable to the Depositor for any breach of a representation or warranty made pursuant under the Transfer Agreement, but only after the Transferor evidences that it is unwilling or unable to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) are applicable only fulfill its contractual obligations under the Transfer Agreement. With respect to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach by the Transferor of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation Agreement or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans Bring Down Letter, if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such the Transfer Agreement and the Bring Down Letter by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Replacement Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-two year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Datehereunder, as to each, thatthat as of October 28, 2005:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is given;
(ii) There are As of the Closing Date, no defaults (other than delinquency Mortgage Loan is in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgage, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paidforeclosure;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA or FHLMC. If upon origination of a Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(x) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(xi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “"qualified mortgage” " within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (as determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period);
(xiv) As of the Closing Date, other than with respect to Retained Interest, no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (i) a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seq.); no Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act (N.M.
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Sources: Mortgage Loan Sale and Assignment Agreement (Ownit Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2005-4)
Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that as of the Closing Date:
(i) The the Seller is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing its creation and existence and has full corporate power and authority to own its property, to carry on its business as presently conducted, conducted and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement;
(ii) The the execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller; neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or this Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions therein or herein or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof thereof or thereofhereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Seller;
(iii) The the execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby and hereby and thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;
(iv) Each each of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against it in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally and (B) general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and
(v) There there are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting the Seller, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or this Agreement or (B) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or this Agreement.
(b) The representations and warranties of each Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as of the date of such Transfer Agreement. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than except in the case of a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made by it pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii1.04(b)(xiii), 1.04(b)(xvii(xiv), 1.04(b)(xviii(xv), 1.04(b)(xix(xvi), (xvii), (xviii) and 1.04(b)(xx(xix)) ), shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii1.04(b)(xiii), 1.04(b)(xvii(xiv), 1.04(b)(xviii(xv), 1.04(b)(xix(xvi), (xvii), (xviii) and 1.04(b)(xx(xix) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than except in the case of those representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii1.04(b)(xiii), 1.04(b)(xvii(xiv), 1.04(b)(xviii(xv), 1.04(b)(xix(xvi), (xvii), (xviii) and 1.04(b)(xx(xix)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans (except in the case of those representations and warranties made by it pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xiii), (xiv), (xv), (xvi), (xvii), (xviii) and (xix)) if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Datehereunder, as to each, that, as of the Closing Date:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is given;
(ii) There are no defaults (other than delinquency in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgage, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paid;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA Xxxxxx Mae or FHLMCXxxxxxx Mac. If upon origination of a the Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) ), a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect effect, which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each In the case of approximately 95.07% and 4.93% of the Mortgage Loans (by Scheduled Principal Balance as of the Cut-off Date), the related Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien or second lien, respectively, on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) the first Mortgage, in the case of a Mortgaged Property that is secured by a perfected second lien, (2) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (23) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable such Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (34) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any In the case of approximately 95.07% of the Mortgage Loans (by Scheduled Principal Balance as of the Cut-off Date), any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no No foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) . There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(xix) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(x) [Reserved]
(xi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by will have a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company CLTV of 100% or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 less as of the National Housing ActClosing Date;
(xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period)1.860G-2;
(xivxiii) As of Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the Closing Datetime it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, other than with respect to Retained Intereststate and federal laws, including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory, abusive and fair lending laws; and, specifically, (a) no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either secured by a Mortgaged Property located in New Jersey is a High-Cost Home Loan” as defined in the New Jersey Home Ownership Act effective November 27, 2003 (iN.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seq.); (b) a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies secured by a Mortgaged Property located in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 New Mexico is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seq.); no Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to as defined in the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act effective January 1, 2004 (N.M.
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Sources: Mortgage Loan Sale and Assignment Agreement (Sasco 2006-Bc1)
Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that Initial Purchasers, as of the date hereof (unless otherwise specified), as follows:
(a) The Preliminary Offering Circular and the Other Materials were as of their respective dates, at the Time of Sale and as of the Closing Date:, and the Final Offering Circular is as of the date thereof and as of the Closing Date, accurate in all material respects, and the Preliminary Offering Circular and the Other Materials did not as of their respective dates, at the Time of Sale and as of the Closing Date, and the Final Offering Circular does not as of the date thereof and as of the Closing Date, include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading (it being understood that no representation or warranty is made with respect to the omission of information in the Preliminary Offering Circular regarding the final amount of the Offered Notes (as reflected in the Final Offering Circular) or pricing and price-dependent information, which information shall of necessity appear only in the Final Offering Circular). Notwithstanding the foregoing, this representation and warranty does not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with the Initial Purchasers Information.
(ib) The Seller is a corporation duly organized, organized and validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing its creation and existence and has of the United States, with full corporate power power, authority and authority legal right to own its propertyproperties as described in the Preliminary Offering Circular and the Final Offering Circular, is duly qualified to carry on its do business as presently conductedand is in good standing (or is exempt from such requirements), and has obtained all necessary licenses and approvals with respect to enter into the Seller in each jurisdiction in which failure to so qualify or obtain such licenses and perform its obligations approvals would have a material adverse effect on the interests of holders of the Notes under this the Indenture or the Receivables under the Operating Agreement, the Participation Agreement or the Receivables Purchase Agreement.
(c) the Receivables have been acquired and will be acquired by the Seller under the Operating Agreement and the Assignment Participation Agreement, other than the Retained Interest (as defined in the Participation Agreement), which is held by the Bank, by the Transferor under the Receivables Purchase Agreement and Assumption by the Issuer under the Transfer and Servicing Agreement free and clear of any lien, charge or encumbrance, but subject to the rights of the related obligors; and as of the date hereof and as of the Time of Delivery, neither the Bank nor the Transferor is obligated to repurchase Receivables in the Initial Accounts or in any Additional Accounts (each as defined in the Transfer and Servicing Agreement;) constituting a material portion of the aggregate Receivables in the Accounts (as defined in the Transfer and Servicing Agreement) existing as of the Closing Date.
(iid) The execution execution, delivery and delivery performance by the Seller of this Agreement, the Operating Agreement, the Participation Agreement and the Assignment Receivables Purchase Agreement (collectively, the “Seller Agreements”) and Assumption Agreement the consummation by the Seller of the transactions provided for herein and therein have been duly authorized by the Seller by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller; and neither the execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreementsuch instruments, nor the consummation performance by the Seller of the transactions herein or therein contemplated, nor the compliance by the Seller with the provisions hereof or thereof, thereof will (i) conflict with or result in a breach of any of the material terms and provisions of, or constitute a material default under, any of the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation or By-Laws of the Seller, or (ii) conflict with any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties properties, or (iii) conflict with any of the certificate material provisions of incorporation any indenture, mortgage, contract or bylaws other instrument to which the Seller is a party or by which it is bound, or (iv) result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any of its property pursuant to the terms of any such indenture, mortgage, contract or other instrument.
(e) The Seller Agreements constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Seller;
(iii) The execution, delivery and performance by enforceable against the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;
(iv) Each of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against it in accordance with its their respective terms, except as such to the extent that the enforceability thereof may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, conservatorship, moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to creditors’ rights as such laws would apply in the event of the insolvency, liquidation or reorganization or other similar occurrence with respect to the Seller or in the event of any moratorium or similar occurrence affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally Seller and (B) to general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; andequity.
(vf) There All approvals, authorizations, consents, orders or other actions of any person, corporation or other organization, or of any court, governmental agency or body or official (except with respect to the state securities or Blue Sky laws of various jurisdictions), required in connection with the valid and proper authorization, issuance and delivery of the Receivables to the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Issuer have been taken or obtained.
(g) Other than as set forth or contemplated in the Preliminary Offering Circular, there are no actions, suits legal or governmental proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting the Seller, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to which any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement Seller is a party or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or (B) with respect to which any other matter which in the judgment property of the Seller will be determined adversely to is the Seller and will subject which, if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its businessSeller, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement.
(b) The representations and warranties of each Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as of the date of such Transfer Agreement. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Date, as to each, that:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is given;
(ii) There are no defaults (other than delinquency in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgage, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paid;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA or FHLMC. If upon origination of a Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, could individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended aggregate reasonably be expected to be provided by the Mortgage. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value financial position or results of operations of the related Mortgaged Property Seller, taken as security for a whole, and the related Transferred Mortgage Loan interests of the holders of the Notes, or (ii) impair materially the use for which ability of the premises were intended;Seller to perform its obligations under the Seller Agreements.
(xh) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller.
(i) Any taxes, fees and other governmental charges in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of the Seller Agreements shall have been filed for work, labor paid or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are will be paid by or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien on behalf of the related Mortgage;Seller at or prior to the Closing Date to the extent then due.
(xij) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated Neither the Seller nor any person acting on its behalf has offered or sold any Series 2007-2 Notes by a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company means of any general solicitation or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” general advertising within the meaning of Section 860G Rule 502(c) under the Act. Neither the Seller nor any of its affiliates (directly or indirectly) has offered or sold or will offer or sell any Series 2007-2 Notes or similar security in a manner that would render the issuance and sale of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that Series 2007-2 Notes a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period);
(xiv) As violation of Section 5 of the Closing DateAct, other than with respect or require registration pursuant thereto, nor will it authorize any person to Retained Interest, no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (i) a single fixed rate act in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seqmanner.); no Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act (N.M.
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Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor and the Insurer that as of the Closing Date:
(i) The the Seller is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing its creation and existence and has full corporate power and authority to own its property, to carry on its business as presently conducted, conducted and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement;
(ii) The the execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller; neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or this Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions therein or herein or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof thereof or thereofhereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Seller;
(iii) The the execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby and hereby and thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;
(iv) Each each of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against it in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally and (B) general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and
(v) There there are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting the Seller, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or this Agreement or (B) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or this Agreement.
(b) The representations and warranties of each the Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as of the date of such the Transfer Agreement. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a the Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than except in the case of a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made by it pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xiiSection 1.04(b)(i)), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such the Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xxSection 1.04(b)(i) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than except in the case of those representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xxSection 1.04(b)(i)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans (except in the case of those representations and warranties made by it pursuant to Section 1.04(b)(i)) if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such the Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such the Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, Date with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. .
(i) Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants to the Depositor, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Insurer upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Datehereunder, as to eacheach Mortgage Loan, that:
(iA) The information set forth with respect No Mortgage Loan was at the time of origination subject to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act of the Transferred Mortgage Loans1994 (15.U.S.C. § 1602(c)), and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the date Regulation Z (12 CFR 226.32) or dates respecting which such information is givenany comparable state law;
(ii) There are no defaults (other than delinquency in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgage, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paid;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA or FHLMC. If upon origination of a Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(ivB) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(x) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(xi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, state and federal laws laws, including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period);
(xiv) As of the Closing Date, other than with respect to Retained Interest, no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (i) a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xviiC) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 is a “"High-Cost Home Loan” " subject to the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seq.); no Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “"High-Cost Home Loan” " subject to the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act (N.M.
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Sources: Mortgage Loan Sale and Assignment Agreement (Lehman ABS Corp. Home Equity Loan Trust 2005-1)
Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that as of the Closing DateDate that:
(i) The Seller is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing its creation and existence and has full corporate power and authority to own its property, to carry on its business as presently conducted, and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement;
(ii) The execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller; neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions herein or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof or thereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Seller;
(iii) The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;
(iv) Each of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against it in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally and (B) general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and
(v) There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting the Seller, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or (B) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement.
(b) The representations and warranties of each Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as of the date of such Transfer Agreement. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix1.04(b)(xi) and 1.04(b)(xx)1.04(b)(xvi) shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix1.04(b)(xi) and 1.04(b)(xx1.04(b)(xvi) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix1.04(b)(xi) and 1.04(b)(xx1.04(b)(xvi)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Date(or as of such other date as may be specified in particular representations and warranties), as to each, that:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is given;
(ii) There are no defaults (other than delinquency in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgage, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paid;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA or FHLMC. If upon origination of a the Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s 's cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s 's failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s 's cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(x) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(xi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period);
(xiv) As of the Closing Date, other than with respect to Retained Interest, no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (i) a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seq.); no Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act (N.M.
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Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that as of the Closing Datefollows:
(i1) The Seller is a corporation duly organizedincorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing its creation of the jurisdiction set forth in Schedule IV hereto (as such Schedule IV may be amended from time to time pursuant to Section 5.01(b)), and existence is duly qualified to do business, and has full corporate power and authority to own its propertyis in good standing, to carry on in every jurisdiction where the nature of its business as presently conducted, and requires it to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement;be so qualified.
(ii) The execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller; neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions herein or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof or thereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Seller;
(iii2) The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement the Transaction Documents and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and other documents to be delivered by it hereunder, including the consummation Seller’s use of the transactions contemplated hereby proceeds of purchases and thereby reinvestments, (i) are within the Seller’s corporate powers, (ii) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action, (iii) do not require contravene (1) the consent Seller’s charter or approval ofby-laws, the giving of notice to(2) any law, the registration with, rule or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior regulation applicable to the date hereof;
Seller, (3) any contractual restriction binding on or affecting the Seller or its property or (4) any order, writ, judgment, award, injunction or decree binding on or affecting the Seller or its property, and (iv) do not result in or require the creation of any lien, security interest or other charge or encumbrance upon or with respect to any of its properties (except for the interest created pursuant to this Agreement). Each of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement Transaction Documents has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller andSeller.
(3) No authorization or approval or other action by, assuming and no notice to or filing with, any governmental authority or regulatory body is required for the due authorizationexecution, execution delivery and delivery performance by the Bank, in the case Seller of the Assignment and Assumption AgreementTransaction Documents or any other document to be delivered thereunder, and except for the Depositorfiling of UCC financing statements which are referred to therein.
(4) Each of the Transaction Documents constitutes the legal, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against it the Seller in accordance with its respective terms.
(5) Since September 28, except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and 2000 there has been no material adverse change in the business, operations, property or financial or other similar laws affecting the enforcement condition of the rights of creditors generally and (B) general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; andSeller.
(v6) There are is no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller’s knowledge, threatened action, investigation or likely to be asserted against proceeding affecting an Originator or affecting the Seller, any of its Subsidiaries before or by any court, administrative agency, governmental agency or arbitrator which may materially adversely affect the financial condition or governmental body (A) with respect to operations of such Originator or any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement its Subsidiaries or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or (B) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment ability of the Seller will be determined adversely or such Originator to perform their respective obligations under the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwiseTransaction Documents, or adversely which purports to affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement the legality, validity or enforceability of the Assignment and Assumption AgreementTransaction Documents.
(b7) The representations No proceeds of any purchase or reinvestment will be used to acquire any equity security of a class which is registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
(8) Immediately prior to the purchase by the Investor or the Banks, as the case may be, the Seller is the legal and warranties beneficial owner of the Pool Receivables and Related Security free and clear of any Adverse Claim; upon each Transferor purchase or reinvestment, the Investors or the Banks, as the case may be, shall acquire a valid and perfected first priority undivided percentage ownership interest to the extent of the pertinent Receivable Interest in each Pool Receivable then existing or thereafter arising and in the Related Security and Collections with respect thereto. No effective financing statement or other instrument similar in effect covering any Contract or any Pool Receivable or the Related Security or Collections with respect thereto is on file in any recording office, except those filed in favor of the Agent relating to this Agreement and those filed by the Seller pursuant to the Transferred Mortgage Loans Originator Purchase Agreement. Each Receivable characterized in any Seller Report or other written statement made by or on behalf of the Seller as an Eligible Receivable or as included in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made Net Receivables Pool Balance is, as of the date of such Transfer Agreement. To Seller Report or other statement, an Eligible Receivable or properly included in the Net Receivables Pool Balance.
(9) Each Seller Report (if prepared by the Seller or one of its Affiliates, or to the extent that information contained therein is supplied by the Seller or an Affiliate), information, exhibit, financial statement, document, book, record or report furnished or to be furnished at any facttime by or on behalf of the Seller to the Agent, condition the Investors or event the Banks in connection with respect this Agreement is or will be accurate in all material respects as of its date or (except as otherwise disclosed to the Agent, the Investors or the Banks, as the case may be, at such time) as of the date so furnished, and no such document contains or will contain any untrue statement of a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes material fact or omits or will omit to state a breach material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained therein, in the light of both the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(10) The principal place of business and chief executive office of the Seller and the office where the Seller keeps its records concerning the Pool Receivables are located at the address or addresses referred to in Section 5.01(b). The Seller is located in the jurisdiction of organization set forth in Schedule IV hereto for purposes of Section 9-307 of the UCC as in effect in the State of New York; and the office in the jurisdiction of organization of the Seller in which a UCC financing statement is required to be filed in order to perfect the security interest granted by the Seller hereunder is set forth in Schedule IV hereto (in each case as such Schedule IV may be amended from time to time pursuant to Section 5.01(b)).
(11) The names and addresses of all the Lock-Box Banks, together with the account numbers of the Lock-Box Accounts of the Seller at such Lock-Box Banks, are as specified in Schedule I hereto, as such Schedule I may be updated from time to time pursuant to Section 5.01(g).
(12) Each purchase of a Receivable Interest and each reinvestment of Collections in Pool Receivables will constitute (i) a representation or warranty of a Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Date, as to each, that:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is given;
(ii) There are no defaults (other than delinquency in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgage, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paid;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA or FHLMC. If upon origination of a Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the “current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(x) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(xi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgagetransaction” within the meaning of Section 860G 3(a)(3) of the Code Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(fii) a purchase or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period);other acquisition of notes, drafts, acceptances, open accounts receivable or other obligations representing part or all of the sales price of merchandise, insurance or services within the meaning of Section 3(c)(5) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(xiv13) As The Seller is not known by and does not use any tradename or doing-business-as name.
(14) The Seller was incorporated on September 26, 2000, and the Seller did not engage in any business activities prior to the date of the Closing Date, other than with respect to Retained Interest, Original RPA. The Seller has no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either Subsidiaries.
(15) (i) a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term The fair value of the Transferred Mortgage Loan property of the Seller is greater than the total amount of liabilities, including contingent liabilities, of the Seller, (ii) the present fair salable value of the assets of the Seller is not less than the amount that will be required to pay all probable liabilities of the Seller on its debts as they become absolute and matured, (iii) the Seller does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond the Seller’s abilities to pay such debts and liabilities as they mature and (iv) the Seller is not engaged in a business or a transaction, and is not about to engage in a business or a transaction, for which the Seller’s property would constitute unreasonably small capital.
(16) With respect to each Pool Receivable, the Seller (i) shall have received such Pool Receivable as a contribution to the capital of the Seller by an Originator or (ii) a single “variable rate” shall have purchased such Pool Receivable from an Originator in exchange for payment (within made by the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) Seller to an Originator in effect throughout accordance with the term provisions of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;Originator Purchase Agreement) of cash, Deferred Purchase Price, or a combination thereof in an amount which constitutes fair consideration and reasonably equivalent value. Each such sale referred to in clause (ii) of the preceding sentence shall not have been made for or on account of an antecedent debt owed by an Originator to the Seller and no such sale is or may be voidable or subject to avoidance under any section of the Federal Bankruptcy Code.
(xv17) As The Seller does not have, and since September 28, 2000 has not had, a place of business in either the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending United Kingdom or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seqIreland.); no Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act (N.M.
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Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that as of the Closing Date:
(i) The the Seller is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing its creation and existence and has full corporate power and authority to own its property, to carry on its business as presently conducted, conducted and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement;
(ii) The the execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller; neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or this Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions therein or herein or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof thereof or thereofhereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Seller;
(iii) The the execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby and hereby and thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;
(iv) Each each of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against it in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally and (B) general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and
(v) There there are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting the Seller, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or this Agreement or (B) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or this Agreement.
(b) The representations and warranties of each Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as of the date of transfer of the related Mortgage Loans to the Bank pursuant to such Transfer Agreement. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and or warranty (other than except in the case of a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii1.04(b)(xiii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix(xiv) and 1.04(b)(xx(xv)) shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii1.04(b)(xiii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix(xiv) and 1.04(b)(xx(xv) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii1.04(b)(xiii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix(xiv) and 1.04(b)(xx(xv)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans (other than with respect to the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xiii), (xiv) and (xv)) if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Datehereunder, as to each, that, as of the Closing Date:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is given;
(ii) There are no defaults (other than delinquency in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgage, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paid;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA or FHLMC. If upon origination of a Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement[Reserved];
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first junior lien on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) senior liens of such Mortgage, (2) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (23) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (34) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first junior lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy[Reserved];
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) . There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(xix) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(xix) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xiixi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As will have a CLTV of 100% or less as of the Closing Date, each Transferred ;
(xii) Each Mortgage Loan that is secured by residential real property (or a leasehold interest therein) has a loan-to-value ratio of 100% or less (by Scheduled Principal Balance as of the Cut-off Date). Each Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 1.860G-2;
(determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(fxiii) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period)Each Mortgage Loan at the time it was originated, complied in all material respects with applicable local, state and federal laws, including, but not limited to, all applicable local, state and federal predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiv) As of the Closing Date, other than with respect to Retained Interest, no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (i) a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees)law; no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 2003, is a “High-Cost Home Loanhigh cost” loan subject to the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2003 2003; and
(N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seq.); no Transferred xv) The information set forth in the Prepayment Charge Schedule included as part of the Mortgage Loan Schedule at Schedule A hereto (including the Prepayment Charge Summary attached thereto) is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject complete, true and correct in all material respects on the date or dates on which such information is furnished and each Prepayment Charge is permissible, originated in compliance with, and enforceable in accordance with its terms under, applicable federal, state and local law (except to the New Mexico Home extent that the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, receivership and other similar laws affecting creditor’s rights generally or the collectibility thereof may be limited due to acceleration in connection with foreclosure). It is understood and agreed that the representations and warranties set forth in Section 1.04(b) herein shall survive the Closing Date. Upon discovery by either the Seller or the Depositor of a breach of any of the foregoing representations and warranties (excluding a breach of subparagraph (xv) under Section 1.04(b)) that adversely and materially affects the value of the related Mortgage Loan Protection Act and that does not also constitute a breach of a representation or warranty of a Transferor in the related Transfer Agreement, the party discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice to the other party; provided, however, that notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, this paragraph shall be specifically applicable to a breach by the Seller of the representations made pursuant to subparagraphs (N.M.xiii) and (xiv) of Section 1.04(b) irrespective of a Transferor’s breach of a comparable representation or warranty in the related Transfer Agreement. Within 60 days of the discovery of any such breach, the Seller shall either (a) cure such breach in all material respects, (b) repurchase such Mortgage Loan or any property acquired in respect thereof from the Depositor at the applicable Purchase Price or (c) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, substitute a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan for the affected Mortgage Loan.
(c) Notwithstanding the second paragraph of Section 1.04(b), in connection with the Seller’s representations and warranties made in subparagraph (xv) of Section 1.04(b), within 90 days of the earlier of discovery by the Seller or receipt of notice from the applicable Servicer of a breach of any representation and warranty of the Seller made in subparagraph (xv) of Section 1.04(b) above, which breach materially and adversely affects the interests of the Class P Holders in any Prepayment Charge, the Seller shall, if (i) such representation and warranty is breached and a Principal Prepayment has occurred or (ii) if a change in law subsequent to the Closing Date limits the enforceability of the Prepayment Charge (other than in the circumstances set forth in subparagraph (xv) of Section 1.04(b)), pay, at the time of such Principal Prepayment or change in law, the amount of the scheduled Prepayment Charge, for the benefit of the holders of the Class P Certificates, by depositing such amount into the Certificate Account no later than the Deposit Date immediately following the Prepayment Period in which such Principal Prepayment on the related Mortgage Loan or such change in law has occurred, net of any Servicer Prepayment Charge Payment Amount made by the applicable Servicer with respect to the related Mortgage Loan in lieu of collection of such Prepayment Charge.
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Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that as of the Closing Date:
(i) The Seller is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing its creation and existence and has full corporate power and authority to own its property, to carry on its business as presently conducted, and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and Agreement, the Assignment and Assumption AgreementAgreement and the Bilx xx Sale;
(ii) The execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement and Agreement, the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and the Bilx xx Sale have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller; neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or Agreement, the Assignment and Assumption AgreementAgreement or the Bilx xx Sale, nor the consummation of the transactions herein or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof or thereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Seller;
(iii) The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and Agreement, the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and the Bilx xx Sale and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;
(iv) Each of this Agreement and Agreement, the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and the Bilx xx Sale has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption AgreementAgreement and the Bilx xx Sale, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against it in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally and (B) general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and
(v) There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting the Seller, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or Agreement, the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or the Bilx xx Sale or (B) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or Agreement, the Assignment and Assumption AgreementAgreement or the Bilx xx Sale.
(b) The representations and warranties of each Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as of the date of such Transfer Agreement. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Date, as to each, that:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is given;
(ii) There are no defaults (other than delinquency in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgage, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paid;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA or FHLMC. If upon origination of a Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(x) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(xi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period);
(xiv) As of the Closing Date, other than with respect to Retained Interest, no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (i) a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seq.); no Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act (N.M.
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Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that as of the Closing Datefollows:
(ia) The Seller is a corporation duly organizedincorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing of its creation jurisdiction of incorporation, and existence is duly qualified to do business, and has full corporate power and authority to own its propertyis in good standing as a foreign corporation, to carry on in every jurisdiction where the nature of its business as presently conductedrequires it to be so qualified, and unless the failure to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement;so qualify could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(ii) The execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller; neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions herein or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof or thereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Seller;
(iiib) The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, including the Seller’s sale of Receivables hereunder and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and the consummation Seller’s use of the transactions contemplated hereby proceeds of Purchases, (i) are within the Seller’s corporate powers, (ii) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and thereby (iii) will not (A) violate (1) the Seller’s certificate of incorporation or by-laws, (2) any Law applicable to the Seller, except to the extent such violation could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (3) any provision of any material indenture, certificate of designation for preferred stock, agreement or other instrument to which the Seller is a party or by which it or any of its property is or may be bound or (B) be in conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute (alone or with notice or lapse of time or both) a default under, give rise to a right of or result in any cancellation of any right or acceleration of any payment obligations under any such material indenture, certificate of designation for preferred stock, agreement or other instrument and (iv) do not result in or require the consent creation of any Adverse Claim upon or with respect to any of its properties (except as created pursuant to the Transaction Documents).
(c) No authorization or approval ofor other action by, the giving of and no notice to, the registration to or filing with, any Official Body is required for the due execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agencydocument to be delivered by it thereunder, except such as has for (i) the filing of the financing statements referred to in Section 4.1 of the Receivables Transfer Agreement (which financing statements shall have been obtained, given, effected or taken delivered to the Administrative Agent prior to the date hereof;Effective Date) and (ii) such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect.
(ivd) Each of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement Transaction Documents to which the Seller is a party has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller andand constitutes the legal, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against it the Seller in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to (Ai) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the creditors’ rights of creditors generally and generally, (Bii) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforcement enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and) and (iii) implied covenants of good faith and fair dealing.
(ve) There Since December 31, 2009, no Material Adverse Effect has occurred.
(f) Except as set forth on Schedule II, (i) as of the initial Purchase Date, there are no actions, suits or proceedings at law or in equity or by or before any Official Body or in arbitration now pending or, to the actual knowledge of a Responsible Officer of the Seller, threatened or likely to be asserted in writing against or affecting the Seller, before Seller or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or (B) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations property or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement.
(b) The representations and warranties of each Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as of the date of such Transfer Agreement. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement rights and (ii) as of each Reporting Date, there are no actions, suits or proceedings at law or in equity or by or before any Official Body or in arbitration or, to the actual knowledge of a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx) shall be direct obligations Responsible Officer of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of , threatened in writing against or affecting the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than the representations and warranties made pursuant or any of its business, property or rights, which could reasonably be expected to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Date, as to each, that:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is given;
(ii) There are no defaults (other than delinquency in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgage, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paid;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA or FHLMC. If upon origination of a Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do nothave, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with a Material Adverse Effect.
(g) No proceeds of any Purchase will be used to purchase or carry, or to extend credit to others for the benefits purpose of purchasing or carrying, “margin stock” within the meaning of Regulation T, U or X promulgated by the Board of Governors of the security intended Federal Reserve System from time to be provided by the Mortgage. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;time.
(vih) No transaction contemplated hereby requires compliance with any bulk sales act or similar law.
(i) Immediately prior to each Purchase of Receivables from the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the DepositorSeller hereunder, the Seller was will be the sole owner of such Receivables and all Receivables Property with respect thereto, free and clear of any Adverse Claim. Upon each Purchase, the Buyer shall have acquired a valid and perfected ownership interest in each Receivable now existing or hereafter arising and in the Receivables Property with respect thereto, in each case free and clear of any Adverse Claim (other than Adverse Claims created by the Buyer or its assigns).
(j) Each report delivered pursuant to Section 2.11 of the Receivables Transfer Agreement (if prepared by the Seller or any of its Affiliates, or to the extent that information contained therein is supplied by the Seller or an Affiliate), information, exhibit, document, book, record or report furnished in writing at any time by or on behalf of the Seller in connection with the Transaction Documents is accurate in all material respects as of its date or (except as otherwise disclosed to the Buyer at such time) as of the date so furnished.
(k) The Seller is located in its jurisdiction of incorporation or organization specified in Exhibit C for the purposes of Section 9-307 of the UCC as in effect in the State of New York.
(l) The names and holder addresses of each Transferred Mortgage Loanall the Lock-Box Banks, together with the account numbers of the Lock-Box Accounts, are as specified in Exhibit A (as the same may be updated from time to time pursuant to Section 5.01(g)).
(m) In the past five (5) years, the Seller has not used any corporate name, tradename or doing-business-as name other than the name in which it has executed this Agreement and the other names listed on Exhibit C. The Seller’s Federal Employer Identification Number and, if organized in a jurisdiction other than Delaware, its organizational identification number is as set forth on Exhibit C.
(n) The Seller had good is not an “investment company” as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(i) The fair value of the assets of the Seller, at a fair valuation, exceed the debts and marketable title theretoliabilities, direct, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, of the Seller; (ii) the present fair saleable value of the property of the Seller is greater than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of the Seller on its debts and has full right other liabilities, direct, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and other liabilities become absolute and matured; (iii) the Seller will be able to transfer pay its debts and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan liabilities, direct, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured; and (iv) the Seller does not have unreasonably small capital with which to conduct the businesses in which it is engaged as such businesses are now conducted and are proposed to be conducted following the Effective Date.
(p) Each Receivable treated as or represented by the Seller to be an Eligible Receivable as of any Purchase Date was an Eligible Receivable on such date.
(q) All Obligors with respect to Receivables sold by the Seller hereunder have been instructed to remit all their payments in respect of Receivables directly to a Lock-Box Account.
(r) The transfers of Receivables by the Seller to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan Buyer pursuant to this Agreement;, and all other transactions between the Seller and the Buyer, have been and will be made in good faith and without intent to hinder, delay or defraud creditors of the Seller.
(viis) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan The Seller and its ERISA Affiliates are in compliance with the applicable provisions of ERISA and the provisions of the Code relating to Plans and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder and any similar applicable non U.S. law, except for such noncompliance that could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No Reportable Event has occurred during the past five years as to which the Seller or any ERISA Affiliate was required to file a report with the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, other than reports that have been filed and reports the failure of which to file could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. As of the Effective Date, the present value of all benefit liabilities under each Plan of the Seller and the ERISA Affiliates (based on those assumptions used to fund such Plan), did not as of the last annual valuation date applicable thereto for which a valuation is available, exceed the value of the assets of such Plan by an amount that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and the present value of all benefit liabilities of all underfunded Plans (on a termination basis and based on those assumptions used to fund each such Plan), did not as of the last annual valuation dates applicable thereto for which valuations are available, exceed the value of the assets of all such underfunded Plans by an amount that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. None of the Seller and the ERISA Affiliates has incurred or could reasonably be expected to incur any Cooperative Loan Withdrawal Liability that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. None of the Seller and the ERISA Affiliates has received any written notification that any Multiemployer Plan is covered in reorganization or has been terminated within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA, or has knowledge that any Multiemployer Plan is reasonably expected to be in reorganization or to be terminated, where such reorganization or termination has had or could reasonably be expected to have, through increases in the contributions required to be made to such Plan or otherwise, a Material Adverse Effect.
(t) No event has occurred and is continuing and no condition exists which constitutes a Termination Event.
(u) Except as set forth on Schedule III, the Seller has filed or caused to be filed all material tax returns and has paid or caused to be paid or made adequate provision for all material taxes due and payable by either it and all material assessments received by it except to the extent that non-payment: (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans being contested in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located good faith; or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by could not reasonably be expected to result in a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph Material Adverse Effect.
(v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then The assignment of each Receivable and the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring Receivables Property the validity subject of any Purchase on the related Purchase Date and the fulfillment of the creation terms hereof will not violate any applicable Law or any material contractual obligation by which the Seller or any of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loanits property may be bound.
(ixw) There The Seller has performed and complied in all respects with the terms of the Contract relating to each Purchased Receivable that is no proceeding pending for treated as or represented by the total Seller or partial condemnation any of any Mortgaged Property (orits Affiliates to be an Eligible Receivable, in except to the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each extent that such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as failure to comply could not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;Material Adverse Effect.
(x) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which The Seller and the Collection Agent have the capability: (i) at any given time to identify each individual Purchased Receivable and (ii) to track Collections in respect of each such Receivable and each of the Receivables that have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under will be sold by the law could give rise Seller to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;Buyer in accordance herewith.
(xiy) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made The Seller has complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, its Credit and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (determined without Collection Policy in regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) each Purchased Receivable that is treated as or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period);
(xiv) As of the Closing Date, other than with respect to Retained Interest, no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (i) a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, represented by the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seqbe an Eligible Receivable.); no Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act (N.M.
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Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that as of the Closing Date:
(i) The the Seller is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing its creation and existence and has full corporate power and authority to own its property, to carry on its business as presently conducted, conducted and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement;
(ii) The the execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller; neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or this Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions therein or herein or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof thereof or thereofhereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Seller;
(iii) The the execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby and hereby and thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;
(iv) Each each of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against it in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally and (B) general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and
(v) There there are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting the Seller, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or this Agreement or (B) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or this Agreement.
(b) The representations and warranties of each the Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as of the date of such the Transfer Agreement. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a the Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than except in the case of a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made by it pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii1.04(b)(xiii) through (xviii)), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such the Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix1.04(b)(xiii) and 1.04(b)(xxthrough (xviii) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than except in the case of those representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix1.04(b)(xiii) and 1.04(b)(xxthrough (xviii)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans (except in the case of those representations and warranties made by it pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xiii) through (xviii)) if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such the Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such the Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Datehereunder, as to each, that, as of the Closing Date:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is given;
(ii) There are no defaults (other than delinquency in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgage, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paid;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA Xxxxxx Mae or FHLMCXxxxxxx Mac. If upon origination of a Transferred the Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) ), a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect effect, which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each In the case of approximately 96.14% and 3.86% of the Mortgage Loans (by Scheduled Principal Balance as of the Cut-off Date), the related Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien or second lien, respectively, on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) the first Mortgage, in the case of Mortgaged Property that is secured by a perfected second lien, (2) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (23) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable Transferred such Mortgage Loan, and (34) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any In the case of approximately 96.14% of the Mortgage Loans (by Scheduled Principal Balance as of the Cut-off Date), any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no No foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) . There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(xix) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(x) [Reserved];
(xi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by will have a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company CLTV of 100% or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 less as of the National Housing ActClosing Date;
(xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period)1.860G-2;
(xivxiii) As of the Closing Date, other than with respect to Retained Interest, no Transferred Each Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state and federal laws, including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory, abusive and fair lending laws; and, specifically, (ia) a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term of the Transferred no Mortgage Loan or (ii) secured by a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) Mortgaged Property located in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 New Jersey is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to as defined in the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of effective November 27, 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seq.); (b) no Transferred Mortgage Loan secured by a Mortgaged Property located in New Mexico is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to as defined in the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act effective January 1, 2004 (N.M.
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Sources: Mortgage Loan Sale and Assignment Agreement (Sasco 2006-Am1)
Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that as of the Closing Date:
(i) The the Seller is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing its creation and existence and has full corporate power and authority to own its property, to carry on its business as presently conducted, conducted and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement;
(ii) The the execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller; neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or this Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions therein or herein or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof thereof or thereofhereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Seller;
(iii) The the execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby and hereby and thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;
(iv) Each each of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against it in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally and (B) general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and
(v) There there are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting the Seller, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or this Agreement or (B) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or this Agreement.
(b) The representations and warranties of each Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as of the date of transfer of the related Mortgage Loans to the Bank pursuant to such Transfer Agreement. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and or warranty (other than except in the case of a breach by the Seller of the these representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii1.04(b)(xiii), 1.04(b)(xvii(xiv), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix(xv) and 1.04(b)(xx)(xvi) shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii1.04(b)(xiii), 1.04(b)(xvii(xiv), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix(xv) and 1.04(b)(xx(xvi) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than except in the case of those representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii1.04(b)(xiii), 1.04(b)(xvii(xiv), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix(xv) and 1.04(b)(xx(xvi)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans (except in the case of these representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xiii), (xiv) and (xv)) if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Datehereunder, as to each, that, as of the Closing Date:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is given;
(ii) There are no defaults (other than delinquency in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgage, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paid;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA or FHLMC. If upon origination of a Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement[Reserved];
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first junior lien on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) senior liens of such Mortgage, (2) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (23) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (34) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first second lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy[Reserved];
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) . There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(xix) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(xix) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan will have a CLTV of 100% or less as of the Closing Date;
(xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited that is secured by residential real property (or a leasehold interest therein) has a loan-to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
-value ratio of 100% or less (xiii) As by Scheduled Principal Balance as of the Closing Cut-off Date, each Transferred ). Each Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 1.860G-2;
(determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(fxiii) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period)Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was originated, complied in all material respects with applicable local, state and federal laws, including, but not limited to, all applicable local, state and federal predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiv) As of the Closing Date, other than with respect to Retained Interest, no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (i) a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seq.); no Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act (N.M.
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Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that as of the Closing Date:
(i) The the Seller is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing its creation and existence and has full corporate power and authority to own its property, to carry on its business as presently conducted, conducted and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement;
(ii) The the execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller; neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions therein or herein or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof thereof or thereofhereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Seller;
(iii) The the execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby and hereby and thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;
(iv) Each each of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against it in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally and (B) general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and
(v) There there are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting the Seller, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or this Agreement or (B) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or this Agreement.
(b) The representations and warranties of each the Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as of the date of such the Transfer Agreement. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a the Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than except in the case of a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made by it pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii1.04(b)(xiii) through (xix)), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such the Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix1.04(b)(xiii) and 1.04(b)(xxthrough (xix) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than except in the case of those representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix1.04(b)(xiii) and 1.04(b)(xxthrough (xix)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans (except in the case of those representations and warranties made by it pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xiii) through (xix)) if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such the Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such the Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Datehereunder, as to each, that, as of the Closing Date:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is given;
(ii) There are no defaults (other than delinquency in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgage, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paid;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA Xxxxxx Xxx or FHLMCXxxxxxx Mac. If upon origination of a Transferred the Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) ), a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect effect, which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each In the case of all of the Mortgage Loans (by Scheduled Principal Balance as of the Cut-off Date), the related Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable Transferred such Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any In the case of all of the Mortgage Loans (by Scheduled Principal Balance as of the Cut-off Date), any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no No foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) . There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(xix) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(x) [Reserved];
(xi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by will have a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company LTV of 100% or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 less as of the National Housing ActClosing Date;
(xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 1.860G-2;
(determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(fxiii) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period)Each Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state and federal laws, including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiv) As of the Closing Date, other than with respect to Retained Interest, no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (i) a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred No Mortgage Loan is a “High Cost Loan” or “Covered Loan,” as applicable, as such terms are defined in the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Datethen current Standard & Poor’s LEVELS® Glossary, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loanswhich is now Version 5.6c Revised, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Appendix E. In addition, no Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred ;
(xv) No Mortgage Loan was at the time of origination subject to the Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act of 1994 (15 U.S.C. § 1602(c)), Regulation Z (12 CFR 226.32) or any comparable state law;
(xvi) The information set forth in the Prepayment Charge Schedule, included as part of the Mortgage Loan Schedule at Schedule A hereto (including the Prepayment Charge Summary attached thereto) is complete, true and correct in all material respects on the date or dates on which such information is furnished and each Prepayment Charge is permissible, originated in compliance with, and enforceable in accordance with its terms under, applicable federal, state and local law (except to the extent that the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, receivership and other similar laws affecting creditor’s rights generally or the collectibility thereof may be limited due to acceleration in connection with foreclosure);
(xvii) No Mortgage Loan was originated (or modified) on or after November 27October 1, 2002 through March 6, 2003 which is secured by a mortgaged property located in Georgia; and
(xviii) In addition to the foregoing representations and warranties made in subparagraphs (i) through (xvii) of this Section 1.04(b), the Seller further represents and warrants upon delivery of the Pool 1 Mortgage Loans, as to each such Mortgage Loan, that:
(a) Each Pool 1 Mortgage Loan is in compliance with the anti-predatory lending eligibility for purchase requirements of Xxxxxx Mae’s Selling Guide;
(b) No Pool 1 Mortgage Loan secured by a Mortgaged Property located in Georgia is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to as defined in the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seq.)Georgia Fair Lending Act; no Transferred Pool 1 Mortgage Loan secured by a Mortgaged Property located in New York is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act (N.M.
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Sources: Mortgage Loan Sale and Assignment Agreement (First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-Ff10)
Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that as of the Closing Date:
(i) The the Seller is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing its creation and existence and has full corporate power and authority to own its property, to carry on its business as presently conducted, conducted and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement;
(ii) The the execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller; neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or this Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions therein or herein or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof thereof or thereofhereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Seller;
(iii) The the execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby and hereby and thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;
(iv) Each each of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against it in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally and (B) general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and
(v) There there are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting the Seller, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or this Agreement or (B) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or this Agreement.
(b) The representations and warranties of each Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as of the date of such Transfer Agreement. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made by it pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii(xiii), 1.04(b)(xviii(xiv), 1.04(b)(xix(xv), (xvi) and 1.04(b)(xx(xvii)) , shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii(xiii), 1.04(b)(xviii(xiv), 1.04(b)(xix(xv), (xvi) and 1.04(b)(xx(xvii) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than the any representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii(xiii), 1.04(b)(xviii(xiv), 1.04(b)(xix(xv), (xvi) and 1.04(b)(xx)(xvii) by it) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans (other than any representations and warranties made by it pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), (xiii), (xiv), (xv), (xvi) and (xvii)) if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on hereunder, as to each that, as of the Closing Date, as to each, that:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is given;
(ii) There are no defaults (other than delinquency in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgage, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paid;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA Fxxxxx Mxx or FHLMCFxxxxxx Mac. If upon origination of a the Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) ), a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect effect, which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each The related Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable such Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no No foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) . There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(xix) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(xix) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xiixi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period)1.860G-2;
(xivxii) As of Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the Closing Datetime it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, other than with respect to Retained Intereststate and federal laws, including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory, abusive and fair lending laws; and, specifically, (a) no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (i) secured by a single fixed rate Mortgaged Property located in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 New Jersey is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to as defined in the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of effective November 27, 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seq.); (b) no Transferred Mortgage Loan secured by a Mortgaged Property located in New Mexico is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to as defined in the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act effective January 1, 2004 (N.M.
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Sources: Mortgage Loan Sale and Assignment Agreement (Lehman XS Trust 2007-5h)
Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that as of the Closing Date:
(i) The Seller is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing its creation and existence and has full corporate power and authority to own its property, to carry on its business as presently conducted, and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement;
(ii) The execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement have has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller; neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions herein or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof or thereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Seller;
(iii) The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;
(iv) Each of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against it in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally and (B) general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and
(v) There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting the Seller, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or (B) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement.
(b) The representations and warranties of each Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as of the date of such Transfer Agreement. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Date, as to each, that:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule (including the prepayment schedule) is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is given;
(ii) There are no defaults (other than delinquency in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgage, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paid;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA or FHLMC. If upon origination of a Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(x) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(xi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan (and the prepayment premium associated with such Transferred Mortgage Loan) at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period);
(xiv) As of the Closing Date, other than with respect to Retained Interest, no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (i) a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seq.); no Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act (N.M.
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Sources: Mortgage Loan Sale and Assignment Agreement (Lehman XS Trust Series 2007-15n)
Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that as of the Closing Date:
(i) The the Seller is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing its creation and existence and has full corporate power and authority to own its property, to carry on its business as presently conducted, conducted and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement;
(ii) The the execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller; neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or this Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions therein or herein or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof thereof or thereofhereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Seller;
(iii) The the execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby and hereby and thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;
(iv) Each each of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against it in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally and (B) general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and
(v) There there are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting the Seller, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or this Agreement or (B) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or this Agreement.
(b) The representations and warranties of each Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as of the date of such Transfer Agreement. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than except in the case of a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made by it pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii1.04(b)(xiii), 1.04(b)(xvii(xiv), 1.04(b)(xviii(xv), 1.04(b)(xix(xvi), (xvii), (xviii) and 1.04(b)(xx(xix)) ), shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii1.04(b)(xiii), 1.04(b)(xvii(xiv), 1.04(b)(xviii(xv), 1.04(b)(xix(xvi), (xvii), (xviii) and 1.04(b)(xx(xix) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than except in the case of those representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii1.04(b)(xiii), 1.04(b)(xvii(xiv), 1.04(b)(xviii(xv), 1.04(b)(xix(xvi), (xvii), (xviii) and 1.04(b)(xx(xix)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans (except in the case of those representations and warranties made by it pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xiii), (xiv), (xv), (xvi), (xvii), (xviii) and (xix)) if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Datehereunder, as to each, that, as of the Closing Date:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is given;
(ii) There are no defaults (other than delinquency in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgage, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paid;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA Xxxxxx Mae or FHLMCXxxxxxx Mac. If upon origination of a the Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) ), a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect effect, which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each In the case of approximately 95.97% and 4.03% of the Mortgage Loans (by Scheduled Principal Balance as of the Cut-off Date), the related Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien or second lien, respectively, on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) the first Mortgage, in the case of a Mortgaged Property that is secured by a perfected second lien, (2) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (23) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable such Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (34) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any In the case of approximately 95.97% of the Mortgage Loans (by Scheduled Principal Balance as of the Cut-off Date), any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no No foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) . There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(xix) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(x) [Reserved]
(xi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by will have a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company CLTV of 100% or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 less as of the National Housing ActClosing Date;
(xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period)1.860G-2;
(xivxiii) As of Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the Closing Datetime it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, other than with respect to Retained Intereststate and federal laws, including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory, abusive and fair lending laws; and, specifically, (a) no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (i) secured by a single fixed rate Mortgaged Property located in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 New Jersey is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to as defined in the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of effective November 27, 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seq.); (b) no Transferred Mortgage Loan secured by a Mortgaged Property located in New Mexico is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to as defined in the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act effective January 1, 2004 (N.M.
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Sources: Mortgage Loan Sale and Assignment Agreement (Sasco 2006-Bc3)
Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that Purchaser as of the Closing DateDate (or if otherwise specified below, as of the date so specified) that:
(a) with respect to the Seller:
(i) The the Seller is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing its creation and existence and of the State of Wyoming;
(ii) the Seller has full corporate power and authority to own its property, to carry on its business as presently conducted, conducted and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement;
(iiiii) The the execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller; and neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions herein or therein contemplatedcontemplated hereby, nor compliance with the provisions hereof or thereofhereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws by-laws of the Seller, except those conflicts, breaches or defaults which would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Seller's ability to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby;
(iiiiv) The the execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such those consents, approvals, notices, registrations or other actions as has have already been obtained, givengiven or made and, effected in connection with the recordation of the Mortgages, powers of attorney or taken prior to the date hereofassignments of Mortgages not yet completed;
(ivv) Each of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and the Depositor, in the case of this AgreementPurchaser, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against it in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be terms (subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally and (B) general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; andgenerally);
(vvi) There there are no actions, litigation, suits or proceedings pending or, to or threatened against the knowledge of the Seller, threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting the Seller, Seller before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (Ai) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or (Bii) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller would reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its the Seller's ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement Agreement; and the Seller is not in default with respect to any order of any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body so as to materially and adversely affect the Assignment transactions contemplated by this Agreement; and
(vii) the Seller's chief executive office and Assumption Agreement.principal place of business are located in the County of Orange in the State of California; and
(b) The representations and warranties of each Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as of the date of such Transfer Agreement. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Date, as to each, thatLoans:
(i) The as of the Cut-off Date, the information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is givenrespects;
(ii) There are no defaults (other than delinquency in payment) in complying with immediately prior to the terms transfer to the Purchaser, the Seller had good title to and is the sole owner of each Mortgage and Mortgage Note relating to the Mortgage Loans, and is conveying the same free and clear of any Mortgageand all liens, claims, encumbrances, pledges, charges or security interests of any nature, the related Mortgage Note and the Mortgage were not subject to any pledge or assignment, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paid;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA or FHLMC. If upon origination of a Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right legal authority to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(viiiii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title no default, release or waiver exists under the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loandocuments, and its successors and assigns, as no modifications to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims mortgage documents have been made that have not been disclosed;
(iv) there is no monetary default existing under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of any Mortgage or the related Mortgage, including Mortgage Note; neither the Seller, any of its affiliates nor any servicer of any related Mortgage Loan has donetaken any action to waive any default, by act breach or omission, anything that would impair the coverage event of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, acceleration with respect thereto; and no foreclosure action is being threatened or has been commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(x) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(xi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period);
(xiv) As of the Closing Date, other than with respect to Retained Interest, no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (i) a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvv) As each Mortgage Loan was underwritten in accordance with the underwriting guidelines of the Closing Date, Seller and its affiliates. The Seller has no Transferred knowledge of any fact that should have led it to expect at the time of the initial creation of an interest in the Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedingsthat such Mortgage Loan would not be paid in full when due;
(xvivi) As no selection procedures reasonably believed by the Seller to be adverse to the interest of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies Certificateholders have been used in payment on selecting the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seq.); no Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act (N.M.
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Sources: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Peoples Choice Home Loan Securities Trust Series 2004-2)
Representations and Warranties of the Seller. The Seller represents and warrants to the Purchaser as follows:
(a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that is validly existing as of the Closing Date:
(i) The Seller is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing its creation and existence of Delaware, and has the full corporate and legal right and power and authority to own its property, to carry on its business as presently conducted, and to enter into into, execute and perform its obligations under deliver this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement;
(ii) The execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller; neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions herein or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof or thereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or to perform fully its properties or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Seller;
(iii) The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;
(iv) Each of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption obligations hereunder. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller andand is the legal, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller Seller, enforceable against it in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally and (B) general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and
(v) There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting the Seller, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or (B) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement.
(b) No consent, license, approval, order or authorization of, or registration, declaration or filing with any individual, corporation, joint venture, partnership, trust, unincorporated association, government or any department or agency thereof (each a "Person"), is required to be obtained by the Seller in connection with the sale of the Berlitz Shares to the Purchaser pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of this Agreement other than those which have been heretofore obtained.
(c) The representations and warranties sale of each Transferor the Berlitz Shares to the Purchaser hereunder will not (i) conflict with, or result in a violation or breach of any provision of, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice of lapse of time or both, would constitute a default) under (a) any contract or other agreement or instrument binding upon the Seller or applicable to the Berlitz Shares or (b) any judgment, decree, award, injunction, governmental order or other restriction or obligation to which the Seller is a party or by which it or any of its assets or properties may be bound; (ii) violate any statute, law or regulation of any jurisdiction applicable to the Seller or the assets or properties of the Seller; or (iii) result in a breach of the terms or conditions of, constitute a default under or otherwise cause an impairment of any license, permit, order, approval, registration, authorization or qualification of the Seller under any local, state, federal or foreign law.
(d) Neither the Seller nor any intermediary acting on its behalf has engaged in any form of general solicitation or advertising with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as sale of the date Berlitz Shares.
(e) The Seller is the beneficial owner of such Transfer the Berlitz Shares free and clear of any lien, charge, security interest, encumbrance, title retention agreement, adverse claim, option or right of others (each a "Lien"), other than those, if any, created by this Agreement. To Assuming the extent that Purchaser has no prior knowledge or notice of any factadverse claims to the Berlitz Shares, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a Transferor under upon the applicable Transfer Agreement purchase and (ii) a representation or warranty of payment for the Seller under Berlitz Shares by the Purchaser as provided in this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of Purchaser will acquire good and valid title to the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation Berlitz Shares, free and warranty (other than a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach clear of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Date, as to each, that:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is given;
(ii) There are no defaults (other than delinquency in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgage, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paid;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA or FHLMC. If upon origination of a Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(x) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(xi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period);
(xiv) As of the Closing DateLien, other than with respect Liens created or suffered to Retained Interest, no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (i) a single fixed rate in effect throughout exist by the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seqPurchaser.); no Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act (N.M.
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Sources: Stock Purchase Agreement (Berlitz International Inc)
Representations and Warranties of the Seller. THE DISTRIBUTOR, -------------------------------------------------------------- THE TRANSFEROR AND THE PARENT. ----------------------------- Each of the Seller, the Distributor, the Transferor and the Parent represents and warrants on and as of the date hereof, and on and as of each Purchase Date and, as to clause (k) hereof, on the date such information is provided, which representations and warranties, in the case of the Parent, are also made as to each Federated Entity, as follows:
(a) The Seller hereby represents it is duly organized and warrants to the Depositor that as of the Closing Date:
(i) The Seller is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing of the jurisdiction of its creation and existence and has organization, with full corporate power and authority to own and operate its property, to carry on its conduct the business as presently conducted, in which it is now engaged and to enter into execute and deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Assignment other Program Documents to which it is a party, and Assumption Agreement;
(ii) The execution it is in compliance with all Applicable Law and delivery by duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation or business trust, as the Seller case may be, and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the nature of its business or the performance of its obligations under this Agreement and the Assignment other Program Documents to which it is a party requires such qualification, where the failure to so comply or to be so qualified could reasonably be expected to give rise to a Material Adverse Effect;
(b) the execution, delivery and Assumption Agreement performance by it of this Agreement, the other Program Documents to which it is a party and the other instruments and agreements contemplated hereby or thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary requisite corporate action on by it and have been duly executed and delivered by it and constitute its legal, valid and binding obligations, enforceable against it in accordance with their respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy laws and similar laws affecting the part rights and remedies of the Seller; creditors generally and by equitable principles;
(c) neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement Agreement, the other Program Documents to which it is a party, or the Assignment and Assumption Agreementany instrument or agreement referred to herein or therein, or contemplated hereby or thereby, nor the consummation of any of the transactions herein or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the terms, conditions and provisions hereof or thereof, thereof by it (i) will conflict with with, or result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of its incorporation or bylaws by-laws or other organizational documents, (ii) will conflict with, or result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, or permit the acceleration of any obligation or liability in, or but for any requirement of the Sellergiving of notice or the passage of time (or both) would constitute such a conflict with, breach of or violation of, or default under, or permit any such acceleration in, any contractual obligation or any agreement or document to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound (or to which any such obligation, agreement or document relates, including without limitation any Distribution Agreement, any Principal Shareholder Servicer's Agreement, any Shareholder Servicer's Agreement, any Distribution Plan and any Other Purchasers' Program Document) where such conflict, breach or violation could reasonably be expected to give rise to a Material Adverse Effect, (iii) will violate any Applicable Law, the violation of which could reasonably be expected to give rise to a Material Adverse Effect, (iv) could reasonably be expected to give rise to or permit the creation or imposition of any Adverse Claim upon any Purchased Receivables or any Collections or any Related Collections relating to any Fund, or (v) could reasonably be expected to give rise to the termination of any Distribution Agreement, any Principal Shareholder Servicer's Agreement, any Shareholder Servicer's Agreement or any Distribution Plan;
(iiid) The it has obtained all Governmental Authorizations and Private Authorizations, and made all Governmental Filings, necessary for the execution, delivery and performance by it of this Agreement, the Seller other Program Documents to which it is a party and the agreements and instruments contemplated hereby or thereby and no consents which have not been obtained or waivers under any instruments to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound are required by it to be obtained or made in connection with the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agencyProgram Documents, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereofextent the failure to so obtain or make the same could not reasonably be expected to give rise to a Material Adverse Effect;
(ive) Each the principal place of this Agreement business and principal executive office of the Seller and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption AgreementDistributor, and the Depositorplace where any and all records concerning the Receivables are kept is at their address specified in Section 9.03 (except as otherwise permitted by Section 5.01(o));
(f) each of its representations and warranties made or deemed made pursuant to the Program Documents is true and accurate (except to the extent that such representations and warranties related solely to an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and accurate as of such earlier date)), and each of the applicable conditions precedent set forth in Article III has been satisfied or waived in writing by the case Program Agent;
(g) it is not in default of any of its obligations under this Agreement, any other Program Document to which it is a party or any Other Purchasers' Program Document, which default could reasonably be expected to give rise to a Material Adverse Effect;
(h) there are no proceedings or investigations pending, or, to the best of its knowledge, threatened, against it before any Authority (i) asserting the invalidity of this Agreement, constitutes any other Program Document to which it is a valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against party or any certificate, document or agreement executed by it in accordance with its respective termsconnection herewith or therewith, except as such enforceability may be subject (ii) seeking to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting prevent the enforcement consummation of the rights of creditors generally and (B) general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and
(v) There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting the Seller, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Program Document, (iii) seeking any determination or ruling which, if granted, could reasonably be expected to adversely affect the Assignment and Assumption Agreement performance by it of its obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of, this Agreement, any other Program Document to which it is a party or any agreement, certificate or document executed by it in connection herewith or therewith, or (Biv) with respect which if adversely determined, could otherwise reasonably be expected to any other matter which give rise to a Material Adverse Effect;
(i) it is not an "investment company" or a company "controlled" by an "investment company" within the meaning of the Investment Company Act;
(j) it is not engaged principally or as one of its important activities in the judgment business of extending, or arranging for the extension of, credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any margin stock within the meaning of Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and, in respect of the Seller will be determined adversely and the Distributor, no part of the purchase price paid to it under the Seller and will if determined adversely to Distributor's Transfer Agreement, the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Transferor's Transfer Agreement or the Assignment Purchase Agreement, as the case may be, will be used to purchase or carry any margin stock within the meaning of said regulation (except investments in funds managed by an Affiliate of the Parent in accordance with ordinary business operations) or to extend credit to others for such purpose in a manner which is inconsistent with or a violation of the provisions of said regulations, and Assumption Agreement.it will not hold margin stock (including shares in such funds) such that the aggregate current market value (as defined in said regulations) of all such margin stock shall exceed 25% of the value (as determined by any reasonable method) of its consolidated assets;
(bk) The representations and warranties all written information provided by or on behalf of each Transferor it, DST Systems, Inc. or any Sub-transfer Agent for purposes of or in connection with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as of the date of such Transfer Agreement. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right other Program Documents (including, without limitation, all Investor Reports, Activity Reports, Monthly Collection Determination Date Statements and E-Mail Investor Reports) to which it is a party or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach transactions contemplated hereby or thereby is, and all such information hereafter provided by the Seller of any such representation and warranty (other than a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect Person to the Transferred Mortgage Loans if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage LoanPurchaser, the Seller shallProgram Agent or any other Person in writing will be, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loanwhen taken as a whole, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Datetrue, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents correct and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Date, as to each, that:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct complete in all material respects at and not misleading; it is understood that neither the date or dates respecting which Parent, the Seller, the Transferor nor the Distributor shall be deemed to be in breach of this clause solely as a result of any Monthly Collection Determination Date Statement failing to properly reflect the methodology set forth in the Allocation Procedures provided that the amounts and information set forth in the related Investor Report and Activity Reports are true, correct and complete and such information is givenfailure results solely from the Excel Spreadsheet;
(iil) There neither it nor any ERISA Affiliate has engaged in a "prohibited transaction", as such term is defined in Section 4975 of the Code or in a transaction subject to the prohibitions of Section 406 of ERISA, which would subject it or any ERISA Affiliate (after giving effect to any exemption) to the tax or penalty on prohibited transactions imposed by Section 4975 of the Code, Section 502 of ERISA or any other liability under ERISA which tax, penalty or other liability could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and neither the transactions contemplated hereby nor the exercise of the Purchaser's or the Program Agent's rights and remedies under any of the Program Documents constitutes a prohibited transaction under ERISA or the Code or otherwise results or will result in the Purchaser or the Program Agent being a fiduciary or party in interest under ERISA with respect to an ERISA plan or its assets or the Purchased Receivables or being deemed in violation of Section 404 or Section 406 of ERISA;
(m) it has filed or caused to be filed all federal, state and local tax returns which are required to be filed (except where such nonfiling could not reasonably be expected to give rise to a Material Adverse Effect), and paid or caused to be paid all taxes as shown on said returns or any other taxes or assessments payable by it to the extent that such taxes have become due unless the same are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, and in respect of which appropriate reserves have been established;
(n) the Purchased Receivables relating to each Fund constitute Eligible Receivables;
(o) no defaults (Share of a Fund to which a Purchased Receivable relates contains any Conversion Feature other than delinquency a Permitted Conversion Feature;
(p) no Share of a Fund taken into account in paymentcomputing the Purchase Price paid pursuant to this Agreement entitles the holder thereof to redeem the same in a Free Redemption except in the specific situations set forth in the Prospectus of such Fund as in effect on the date hereof or pursuant to the Systematic Withdrawal Program;
(q) it is not contemplating the filing of a petition by it under any state or federal bankruptcy or insolvency laws, and it has no Actual Knowledge of any Person contemplating the filing of any such petition against it;
(r) all financial statements of it and its consolidated subsidiaries required to be delivered to the Purchaser or the Program Agent hereunder fairly present its assets, liabilities and financial condition and income as of the dates thereof and have been prepared in complying accordance with GAAP; there exists no material equity or long-term investments in, or outstanding advances to, or guaranties of, any Person except such equity, investment, advances, or guaranties reflected in the financial statements or in the footnotes thereto;
(s) all action necessary or advisable to protect, preserve and perfect the Purchaser's first priority ownership interest in the Purchased Receivables free and clear of all Adverse Claims has been duly and effectively taken and no security agreement, financing statement, equivalent security or lien instrument or continuation statement covering all or any part of such Purchased Receivables is required to be on file or on record in any jurisdiction, except such as may have been filed, recorded or made as contemplated by this Agreement and the other Program Documents;
(t) nothing in any Other Purchasers' Program Documents or the UCC financing statements filed in connection therewith conflicts with the terms of any Mortgage, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paid;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA or FHLMC. If upon origination of a Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy the other Program Documents or the UCC financing statements filed in connection herewith; and
(u) the factual assumptions set forth in the opinion of Xxxxxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP dated on or about the date hereof on certain bankruptcy matters including True Sale issues are true and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage correct as of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loandate.
(ix) There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(x) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(xi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period);
(xiv) As of the Closing Date, other than with respect to Retained Interest, no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (i) a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seq.); no Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act (N.M.
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Sources: Purchase and Sale Agreement (Federated Investors Inc /Pa/)
Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that as of the Closing Date:
(i) The Seller is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing its creation and existence and has full corporate power and authority to own its property, to carry on its business as presently conducted, and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and Agreement, the Assignment and Assumption AgreementAgreement and the Xxxx of Sale;
(ii) The execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement and Agreement, the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and the Xxxx of Sale have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller; neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or Agreement, the Assignment and Assumption AgreementAgreement or the Xxxx of Sale, nor the consummation of the transactions herein or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof or thereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Seller;
(iii) The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and Agreement, the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and the Xxxx of Sale and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;
(iv) Each of this Agreement and Agreement, the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and the Xxxx of Sale has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption AgreementAgreement and the Xxxx of Sale, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against it in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally and (B) general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and
(v) There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting the Seller, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or Agreement, the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or the Xxxx of Sale or (B) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or Agreement, the Assignment and Assumption AgreementAgreement or the Xxxx of Sale.
(b) The representations and warranties of each Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as of the date of such Transfer Agreement. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Date, as to each, that:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is given;
(ii) There are no defaults (other than delinquency in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgage, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paid;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA or FHLMC. If upon origination of a Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(x) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(xi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period);
(xiv) As of the Closing Date, other than with respect to Retained Interest, no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (i) a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seq.); no Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act (N.M.
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Representations and Warranties of the Seller. The Seller (on behalf of itself and, with respect to the representations and warranties contained in subsections (e) through (h), each Registrable Securities Holder) hereby makes the following representations and warranties to the Buyer and Star Maritime:
(a) The Seller hereby represents it is duly organized and warrants to the Depositor that as of the Closing Date:
(i) The Seller is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing of the jurisdiction of its creation and existence and has organization with full corporate power and authority to own its property, to carry on its business as presently conducted, execute and to enter into and perform its obligations under deliver this Agreement and to perform all of the Assignment duties and Assumption obligations to be performed by it under this Agreement;
(iib) The execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller; neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions herein or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof or thereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Seller;
(iii) The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;
(iv) Each of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption Agreementit, and the Depositorconstitutes its valid, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a valid legal and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against it in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and limited by bankruptcy, insolvency laws and or other similar laws of general application relating to or affecting the enforcement of the creditors' rights of creditors generally and (B) in general or by general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity at law or at law; andequity;
(vc) There its execution and delivery of, the performance and incurrence by it of its obligations and liabilities under, and the consummation by it of the other transactions contemplated by, this Agreement do not and will not (i) violate any provision of its organizational documents, (ii) violate any applicable law, rule or regulation, (iii) violate any order, writ, injunction or decree of any court or governmental or regulatory authority or agency or any arbitral award applicable to it or its affiliates or (iv) subject to the consent of applicable charterers of the Vessels, result in a breach of, constitute a default under, require any consent under, or result in the acceleration or required prepayment of any indebtedness pursuant to the terms of, any agreement or instrument of which it is a party or by which it is bound or to which it is subject, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien upon any property of it pursuant to the terms of any such agreement or instrument, in the case of (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) which could have a material adverse effect on the transactions contemplated hereby;
(d) there are no legal or governmental actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Sellerits knowledge, threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting the Seller, it before or by any court, administrative agencyagency or tribunal which, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or (B) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and it, could reasonably be expected to adversely affect the ability of it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement.
(b) The representations and warranties of each Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as of the date of such Transfer Agreement. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Date, as to each, that:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is given;
(ii) There are no defaults (other than delinquency in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgage, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paid;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA or FHLMC. If upon origination of a Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(ive) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage it is subject only to: (1) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(x) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(xi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgageaccredited investor” within the meaning of Section 860G Rule 501 of Regulation D under the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period)Securities Act;
(xivf) As of it has received or has had full access to all the Closing Date, other than information it considers necessary or appropriate to make an informed decision with respect to Retained Interestthe acquisition of Buyer Common Stock;
(g) the Buyer Common Stock being acquired by it are being acquired for its own account for the purpose of investment and not with a view to, no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides or for interest other than at either (i) a single fixed rate resale in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (connection with, any distribution thereof within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)the Securities Act; and
(h) it understands that (i) the shares of Buyer Common Stock have not been registered under the Securities Act by reason of their issuance in effect throughout a transaction exempt from the term registration requirements of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
Securities Act, (xvii) As the shares of the Closing DateBuyer Common Stock must be held indefinitely (subject, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Datehowever, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on Buyer's obligation to effect the registration of registrable securities in accordance with Section 5 hereof) unless a subsequent disposition thereof is registered under the Securities Act or is exempt from such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
registration, and (xviiiii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject the shares of Buyer Common Stock will bear the legend to the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seqsuch effect set forth in Section 5(1) hereof.); no Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act (N.M.
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Representations and Warranties of the Seller. The Seller represents and warrants as follows:
(a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that as of the Closing Date:
(i) The Seller is a corporation duly organizedincorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing of its creation and existence and jurisdiction of incorporation as set forth in Exhibit D hereto (as such Exhibit D may be amended from time to time pursuant to Section 5.01(b)), (ii) has full all corporate power and, unless the failure to do so would not have a Material Adverse Effect, has all licenses, authorizations, consents and authority to own its property, approvals of all Official Bodies required to carry on its business as presently conductedin each jurisdiction in which its business is now and proposed to be conducted and (iii) is duly qualified to do business, and is in good standing, in every jurisdiction where the nature of its business requires it to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and be so qualified, except, with respect to clause (iii), where the Assignment and Assumption Agreement;
(ii) The execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller; neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions herein or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof or thereof, will conflict with or failure to so qualify could not reasonably be expected to result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Seller;Material Adverse Effect.
(iiib) The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement Agreement, any other applicable Transaction Document to which it is a party and the Assignment other documents to be delivered by it hereunder, including the Seller’s sale and Assumption Agreement contribution of Receivables hereunder and the consummation Seller’s use of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby proceeds of Purchases, (i) are within the Seller’s corporate powers, (ii) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action, (iii) do not require contravene (1) the consent Seller’s charter or approval ofby-laws, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of (2) any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior Law applicable to the date hereof;
Seller, (3) any contractual restriction binding on or affecting the Seller or its property or (4) any order, writ, judgment, award, injunction or decree binding on or affecting the Seller or its property, and (iv) Each do not result in or require the creation of this Agreement any lien, security interest or other charge or encumbrance upon or with respect to any of its properties (except for the transfer of the Seller’s interest in the Receivables and the Assignment Related Security pursuant to this Agreement). This Agreement, any other applicable Transaction Document and Assumption Agreement has the other documents to be delivered by it hereunder have been duly executed and delivered by the Seller andSeller.
(c) No authorization or approval or other action by, assuming and no notice to or filing with, any governmental authority or regulatory body is required for the due authorizationexecution, execution delivery and delivery performance by the BankSeller of this Agreement or any other document to be delivered by it hereunder, in except for the case filing of UCC financing statements, amendments thereto and terminations thereof referred to herein.
(d) Each of the Assignment and Assumption AgreementTransaction Documents to which it is a party constitutes the legal, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against it the Seller in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium or other similar laws Laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally and general equitable principles (B) general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity or at law; andequity).
(ve) There are no actionsPurchases and contributions made pursuant to this Agreement will constitute a valid sale, suits or proceedings pending ortransfer, and assignment of the Receivables to the knowledge Purchaser, enforceable against creditors of, and purchasers from, the Seller. After giving effect to each Purchase and/or contribution hereunder, the Seller shall have no remaining property interest in any Receivable, transferred or purported to have been transferred in such Purchase and/or contribution.
(f) The balance sheets of the SellerParent and its Subsidiaries as at the later of (i) December 31, 2008, and (ii) the date of the most recent audited annual financial statements of the Parent delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(k)(ii), in each case, together with the related statements of income and retained earnings of the Parent and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal year then ended, copies of which have been furnished to the Purchaser, fairly present the financial condition of the Parent and its Subsidiaries as at such date and the results of the operations of the Parent and its Subsidiaries for the period ended on such date, all in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, and (ii) since such date there has been no material adverse change in the business, operations, property, prospects or financial or other condition of the Parent; it being understood that a breach of this clause (ii) shall occur if the audited annual financial statements for any year shall show such a material adverse change from the audited annual financial statements for the immediately prior year.
(g) The Seller is not in violation or any order of any Official Body. There is no pending or threatened action, investigation or likely to be asserted against or proceeding affecting the Seller, before Seller or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any of its Subsidiaries before any Official Body which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(h) No proceeds of any Purchase will be used (i) to acquire any security in any transaction which is subject to Section 13 or 14 of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or Securities Exchange Act, (ii) to acquire any equity security of a class which is registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or (Biii) with respect to any other matter which in for the judgment purpose, whether immediate, incidental or ultimate, that violates applicable Law including Regulation U or X issued by the Board of Governors of the Seller will be determined adversely to Federal Reserve System of the United States.
(i) No transaction contemplated hereby requires compliance with any bulk sales act or similar Law.
(j) Each Receivable sold or contributed by the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its businesscharacterized in any Servicer Report as an Eligible Receivable is, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement.
(b) The representations and warranties of each Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as of the date of such Transfer Servicer Report (or, if applicable, as of a date certain specified in such report), an Eligible Receivable. Each Receivable, together with the Related Security, is owned (immediately prior to its sale or contribution hereunder) by the Seller free and clear of any Adverse Claim (other than any Adverse Claim arising solely as the result of any action taken by the Purchaser). When the Purchaser makes a Purchase or accepts a contribution hereunder, it shall acquire valid and perfected first priority ownership of each Receivable and the Related Security and Collections with respect thereto free and clear of any Adverse Claim (other than any Adverse Claim arising solely as the result of any action taken by the Purchaser), and no effective financing statement or other instrument similar in effect covering any Receivable, any interest therein, the Related Security or Collections with respect thereto is on file in any recording office except such as may be filed in favor of Seller in accordance with the Originator Purchase Agreement. To , in favor of Purchaser in accordance with this Agreement or in connection with any Adverse Claim arising solely as the result of any action taken by the Purchaser.
(k) Each Servicer Report (if prepared by the Seller, or to the extent that information contained therein is supplied by the Seller), information, exhibit, financial statement, document, book, record or report furnished or to be furnished at any facttime (whether before or after the date of this Agreement) by the Seller to the Purchaser in connection with this Agreement is or will be accurate in all material respects as of its date or (except as otherwise disclosed to the Purchaser at such time) as of the date so furnished (or, condition as applicable, as of a date certain specified in such report), and no such document contains or event will contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omits or will omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(l) The principal place of business and chief executive office of the Seller and the office where the Seller keeps its records concerning the Receivables are located at the address or addresses referred to in Section 5.01(b). The Seller is located in the jurisdiction of incorporation set forth in Exhibit D hereto for the purposes of Section 9-307 of the UCC as in effect in the State of New York; and the office in the jurisdiction of incorporation of the Seller in which a UCC financing statement is required to be filed in order to perfect the security interest granted by the Seller hereunder is set forth in Exhibit D hereto (in each case as such Exhibit D may be amended from time to time pursuant to Section 5.01(b)). The Seller has not changed its name since January 1, 2005, except as set forth on Exhibit D hereto.
(m) The names and addresses of all the Deposit Banks, together with the post office boxes and account numbers of the Lock-Boxes and the Deposit Accounts, respectively, at such Deposit Banks are specified in Exhibit B (as the same may be amended from time to time pursuant to Section 5.01(g)). Within thirty (30) days of the Closing Date, each Seller has instructed all related Obligors to make payments related to the Receivables into either a Lock-Box or a Deposit Account specified in Exhibit B (as the same may be amended from time to time pursuant to Section 5.01(g)). The Lock-Boxes and the Deposit Accounts set forth on Exhibit B (as the same may be amended from time to time pursuant to Section 5.01(g)) are the only post office boxes and bank accounts into which Obligors have been instructed to make payments on the Receivables and into which Collections of such Receivables are to be deposited or remitted.
(n) Except as set forth in Exhibit D hereto, the Seller is not known by and does not use any tradename or doing-business-as name.
(o) On any date of each Purchase hereunder by the Purchaser, the Seller is Solvent before and will be Solvent before and will be Solvent after giving effect to such Purchase.
(p) With respect to any programs used by the Seller in the servicing of the Receivables, no sublicensing agreements are necessary in connection with the designation of a new Servicer pursuant to Section 6.01 so that such new Servicer shall have the benefit of such programs (it being understood that, however, the Servicer, if other than the Parent, shall be required to be bound by a confidentiality agreement reasonably acceptable to the Parent (on behalf of itself and each of the Originators)).
(q) The transfers of Receivables by the Seller to the Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement, and all other transactions between the Seller and the Purchaser, have been and will be made in good faith and without intent to hinder, delay or defraud creditors of the Seller.
(r) The Seller has (i) timely filed all federal tax returns required to be filed, (ii) timely filed all other material state and local tax returns and (iii) paid or made adequate provision for the payment of all taxes, assessments and other governmental charges (other than any tax, assessment or governmental charge which is being contested in good faith and by proper proceedings, and with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan which the obligation to pay such amount is adequately reserved against in accordance with GAAP).
(s) No event has occurred and is continuing that constitutes a breach an Event of both Termination or an Incipient Event of Termination.
(it) a representation Since the Closing Date, there have been no material changes in the Credit and Collection Policy other than in accordance with the RPA. It has at all times complied with the Credit and Collection Policy in all material respects with regard to each Receivable originated or warranty of a Transferor under serviced by it.
(u) The Seller has at all times complied with the applicable Transfer Agreement covenants and obligations set forth in its governing documents and herein.
(iiv) a representation or warranty The Seller is not, and is not controlled by, an “investment company” within the meaning of the Seller under this AgreementInvestment Company Act of 1940, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller is exempt from all provisions of such representation and warranty act.
(other than a breach by the Seller w) Each of the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor contained in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans if the factTransaction Documents is true, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Date, as to each, that:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true complete and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which and it hereby makes each such information is given;
(ii) There are no defaults (other than delinquency in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgage, representation and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paid;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA or FHLMC. If upon origination of a Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related warranty to, and delivered to for the Trustee in connection withbenefit of, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a validthe Agent, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein Investors and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign Banks as if the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is were set forth in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loanherein.
(ix) There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(x) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(xi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period);
(xiv) As of the Closing Date, other than with respect to Retained Interest, no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (i) a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seq.); no Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act (N.M.
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Sources: Purchase and Contribution Agreement (DST Systems Inc)
Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that as of the Closing Date:
(i) The the Seller is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing its creation and existence and has full corporate power and authority to own its property, to carry on its business as presently conducted, conducted and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement;
(ii) The the execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller; neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or this Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions therein or herein or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof thereof or thereofhereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Seller;
(iii) The the execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby and hereby and thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;
(iv) Each each of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against it in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally and (B) general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and
(v) There there are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting the Seller, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or this Agreement or (B) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or this Agreement.
(b) The representations and warranties of each Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as of the date of such Transfer Agreement. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Datehereunder, as to each, that, as of the Closing Date:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is given;
(ii) There are no defaults (other than delinquency in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgage, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paid;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA or FHLMC. If upon origination of a Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement[Reserved];
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first junior lien on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) senior liens of such Mortgage, (2) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (23) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (34) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first second lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy[Reserved];
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no No foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) . There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(xix) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(xix) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xiixi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As will have a CLTV of 100% or less as of the Closing Date, each Transferred ;
(xii) Each Mortgage Loan that is secured by residential real property (or a leasehold interest therein) has a loan-to-value ratio of 100% or less (by Scheduled Principal Balance as of the Cut-off Date). Each Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period)1.860G-2;
(xivxiii) As of the Closing Date, other than with respect to Retained Interest, no Transferred Each Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either the time it was originated, complied in all material respects with applicable local, state and federal laws, including, but not limited to, all applicable local, state and federal predatory and abusive lending laws; and, specifically, (ia) a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term of the Transferred no Mortgage Loan or (ii) secured by a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) Mortgaged Property located in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 New Jersey is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to as defined in the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of effective November 27, 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seq.); (b) no Transferred Mortgage Loan secured by a Mortgaged Property located in New Mexico is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to as defined in the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act effective January 1, 2004 (N.M.
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Sources: Mortgage Loan Sale and Assignment Agreement (Sasco 2006-S4)
Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that as of the Closing Datefollows:
(ia) The Seller is a corporation duly organizedincorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing its creation of the State of Delaware, and existence is duly qualified to do business and has full corporate power and authority to own its property, to carry on is in good standing as a foreign corporation in every jurisdiction where the nature of its business as presently conductedrequires it to be so qualified, and except where the failure to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement;be so qualified would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(ii) The execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller; neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions herein or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof or thereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Seller;
(iiib) The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this the Agreement and the Assignment other Transaction Documents to which it is a party, including its use of the proceeds of purchases and Assumption reinvestments: (i) are within its corporate powers; (ii) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action; (iii) do not contravene or result in a default under or conflict with: (A) its charter or by-laws, (B) any law, rule or regulation applicable to it, (C) any indenture, loan agreement, mortgage, deed of trust or other material agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound, or (D) any order, writ, judgment, award, injunction or decree binding on or affecting it or any of its property; and (iv) do not result in or require the creation of any Adverse Claim upon or with respect to any of its properties. The Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior Transaction Documents to the date hereof;
(iv) Each of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement has which it is a party have been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and, assuming due Seller.
(c) No authorization, execution approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any Governmental Authority or other Person is required for its due execution, delivery and performance by the Bank, in the case Seller of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which it is a party, other than the Uniform Commercial Code filings referred to in Exhibit II to the Agreement, all of which shall have been filed on or before the date of the first purchase hereunder.
(d) Each of the Agreement and the Depositorother Transaction Documents to which the Seller is a party constitutes its legal, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against it the Seller in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws from time to time in effect affecting the enforcement of the creditors' rights of creditors generally and (B) by general principles of equity equity, regardless of whether such enforcement enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and.
(ve) There are is no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge Seller's best knowledge, threatened action or proceeding affecting Seller or any of its properties before any Governmental Authority or arbitrator.
(f) No proceeds of any purchase or reinvestment will be used to acquire any equity security of a class that is registered pursuant to Section 12 of the SellerSecurities Exchange Act of 1934.
(g) The Seller is the legal and beneficial owner of the Pool Receivables and Related Security, threatened free and clear of any Adverse Claim. Upon each purchase or likely reinvestment, Administrator (for the benefit of each Purchaser) shall acquire a valid and enforceable perfected undivided percentage ownership or security interest, to be asserted against the extent of the Purchased Interest, in each Pool Receivable then existing or affecting thereafter arising and in the SellerRelated Security, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) Collections and other proceeds with respect to thereto, free and clear of any Adverse Claim. The Agreement creates a security interest in favor of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or Administrator (for the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or (Bbenefit of each Purchaser) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment Pool Assets, and the Administrator (for the benefit of each Purchaser) has a first priority perfected security interest in the Pool Assets, free and clear of any Adverse Claims. No effective financing statement or other instrument similar in effect covering any Pool Asset is on file in any recording office, except those filed in favor of the Seller will be determined adversely pursuant to the Seller Sale Agreement and will if determined adversely the Administrator (for the benefit of each Purchaser) relating to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwiseAgreement, or adversely affect its ability in respect of which the Administrator has received evidence satisfactory to perform its obligations under this Agreement the Administrator of acknowledgment copies, or the Assignment time-stamped receipt copies, of proper financing statements releasing or terminating, as applicable, all security interests and Assumption Agreementother rights of any Person in such Pool Asset.
(bh) The representations and warranties Each Information Package (if prepared by the Seller or one of each Transferor with respect its Affiliates, or to the Transferred Mortgage Loans extent that information contained therein is supplied by the Seller or an Affiliate), information, exhibit, financial statement, document, book, record or report furnished or to be furnished at any time by or on behalf of the Seller to the Administrator or any Purchaser Agent in connection with the applicable Transfer Agreement were made or any other Transaction Document to which it is a party is or will be complete and accurate in all material respects as of its date or as of the date so furnished, and does not and will not contain any material misstatement of such Transfer Agreement. To fact or omit to state a material fact or any fact necessary to make the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do statements contained therein not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Date, as to each, that:misleading.
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing Seller's (x) principal place of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, business and chief executive office and the information with respect to office where it keeps its records concerning the Receivables and (y) "location" (as such term is used in the UCC), are, in each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects case, located at the date or dates respecting which such information is given;
(ii) There are no defaults (other than delinquency in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgage, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paid;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA or FHLMC. If upon origination of a Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically addresses referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion Sections 1(b) and 2(b) of title and abstract of title delivered Exhibit IV to the originator of the applicable Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(x) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(xi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period);
(xiv) As of the Closing Date, other than with respect to Retained Interest, no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (i) a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seq.); no Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act (N.M.
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Sources: Receivables Purchase Agreement (Wesco International Inc)
Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that as of the Closing Date:
(i) The the Seller is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing its creation and existence and has full corporate power and authority to own its property, to carry on its business as presently conducted, conducted and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement;
(ii) The the execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller; neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or this Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions therein or herein or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof thereof or thereofhereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Seller;
(iii) The the execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby and hereby and thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;
(iv) Each each of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against it in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally and (B) general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and
(v) There there are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting the Seller, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or this Agreement or (B) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or this Agreement.
(b) The representations and warranties of each Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as of the date of such Transfer Agreement. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made by it pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii1.04(b)(xii)¸(xiii), 1.04(b)(xvii(xiv), 1.04(b)(xviii(xv), 1.04(b)(xix(xvii) and 1.04(b)(xx(xviii)) , shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii(xiii), 1.04(b)(xviii(xiv), 1.04(b)(xix(xv), (xvii) and 1.04(b)(xx(xviii) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than the those representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii(xiii), 1.04(b)(xviii(xiv), 1.04(b)(xix(xv), (xvii) and 1.04(b)(xx(xviii)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans (except in the case of those representation and warranties made by it pursuant to 1.04(b)(xii), (xiii), (xiv), (xv), (xvii) and (xviii)) if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Datehereunder, as to each, that, as of the Closing Date:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is given;
(ii) There are no defaults (other than delinquency in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgage, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paid;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA Fxxxxx Mxx or FHLMCFxxxxxx Mac. If upon origination of a the Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable such Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, with a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) . There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(xix) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(xix) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company company, or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xiixi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period)1.860G-2;
(xivxii) As of the Closing Date, other than with respect to Retained Interest, no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (i) a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Each Transferred Mortgage Loan, at the time it was originated, complied in all material respects with applicable local, state and federal laws, including, but not limited to, all applicable local, state and federal predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xvxiii) As of the Closing Date, no No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “High Cost Loan” or “Covered Loan,” as applicable, as such terms are defined in the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Datethen current Standard & Poor’s LEVELS® Glossary. In addition, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No no Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home,” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no ;
(xiv) No Transferred Mortgage Loan was at the time of origination subject to the Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act of 1994 (15 U.S.C. § 1602(c)), Regulation Z (12 CFR 226.32) or any comparable state law;
(xv) No Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated (or modified) on or after November 27March 1, 2002 and before March 7, 2003 which is secured by a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject mortgaged property located in Georgia;
(xvi) [Reserved]; and
(xvii) The information set forth in the Prepayment Charge Schedules included as part of the Mortgage Loan Schedules at Schedules A and B (including the Prepayment Charge Summary attached thereto) is complete, true and correct in all material respects on the date or dates on which such information is furnished and each Prepayment Charge is permissible, originated in compliance with, and enforceable in accordance with its terms under, applicable federal, state and local law (except to the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seqextent that the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, receivership and other similar laws affecting creditor’s rights generally or the collectibility thereof may be limited due to acceleration in connection with foreclosure).); no Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act (N.M.
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Sources: Mortgage Loan Sale and Assignment Agreement (Lehman Mortgage Trust 2006-7)
Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that as of the Closing Date:
(i) The the Seller is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing its creation and existence and has full corporate power and authority to own its property, to carry on its business as presently conducted, conducted and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement;
(ii) The the execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller; neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or this Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions therein or herein or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof thereof or thereofhereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Seller;
(iii) The the execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby and hereby and thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;
(iv) Each each of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against it in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally and (B) general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and
(v) There there are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting the Seller, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or this Agreement or (B) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or this Agreement.
(b) The representations and warranties of each Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as of the date of such Transfer Agreement. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a the Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than except in the case of a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made by it pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii1.04(b)(xiii), 1.04(b)(xvii(xiv), 1.04(b)(xviii(xv), 1.04(b)(xix(xvi), (xvii) and 1.04(b)(xx(xviii)) , shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii1.04(b)(xiii), 1.04(b)(xvii(xiv), 1.04(b)(xviii(xv), 1.04(b)(xix(xvi), (xvii) and 1.04(b)(xx(xviii) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than except in the case of those representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii1.04(b)(xiii), 1.04(b)(xvii(xiv), 1.04(b)(xviii(xv), 1.04(b)(xix(xvi), (xvii) and 1.04(b)(xx(xviii)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans (except in the case of those representations and warranties made by it pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xiii), (xiv), (xv), (xvi), (xvii) and (xviii)) if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Datehereunder, as to each, that, as of the Closing Date:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is given;
(ii) There are no defaults (other than delinquency in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgage, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paid;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA Xxxxxx Mae or FHLMCXxxxxxx Mac. If upon origination of a the Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) ), a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect effect, which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each In the case of approximately 95.02% and 4.98% of the Mortgage Loans (by Scheduled Principal Balance as of the Cut-off Date), the related Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien or second lien, respectively, on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) the first Mortgage, in the case of a Mortgaged Property that is secured by a perfected second lien, (2) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (23) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable such Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (34) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any In the case of approximately 95.02% of the Mortgage Loans (by Scheduled Principal Balance as of the Cut-off Date), any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no No foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) . There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(xix) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(x) [Reserved]
(xi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by will have a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company CLTV of 100% or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 less as of the National Housing ActClosing Date;
(xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period)1.860G-2;
(xivxiii) As of Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the Closing Datetime it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, other than with respect to Retained Intereststate and federal laws, including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory, abusive and fair lending laws; and, specifically, (a) no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (i) secured by a single fixed rate Mortgaged Property located in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 New Jersey is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to as defined in the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of effective November 27, 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seq.); (b) no Transferred Mortgage Loan secured by a Mortgaged Property located in New Mexico is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to as defined in the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act effective January 1, 2004 (N.M.
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Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that as of the Closing Datefollows:
(ia) The Seller is a corporation duly organizedincorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing its creation of the State of Delaware, and existence is duly qualified to do business and has full corporate power and authority to own its property, to carry on is in good standing as a foreign corporation in every jurisdiction where the nature of its business as presently conductedrequires it to be so qualified, and except where the failure to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement;be so qualified would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(ii) The execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller; neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions herein or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof or thereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Seller;
(iiib) The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this the Agreement and the Assignment other Transaction Documents to which it is a party, including its use of the proceeds of purchases and Assumption reinvestments: (i) are within its corporate powers; (ii) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action; (iii) do not contravene in any material respect or result in a default under or conflict with: (A) its charter or by-laws, (B) any law, rule or regulation applicable to it, (C) any indenture, loan agreement, mortgage, deed of trust or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound, or (D) any order, writ, judgment, award, injunction or decree binding on or affecting it or any of its property; and (iv) do not result in or require the creation of any Adverse Claim upon or with respect to any of its properties.
(c) No authorization, approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any Governmental Authority or other Person is required for the due execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of the Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which it is a party, other than the Uniform Commercial Code filings referred to in Exhibit II to the Agreement, all of which shall have been filed on or before the date of the first purchase hereunder.
(d) Each of the Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior Transaction Documents to the date hereof;
(iv) Each of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement which it is a party has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller andand constitutes its legal, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against it the Seller in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws from time to time in effect affecting the enforcement of the creditors' rights of creditors generally and (B) by general principles of equity equity, regardless of whether such enforcement enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and.
(ve) There are is no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge Seller's best knowledge, threatened action or proceeding affecting the Seller or any of its properties before any Governmental Authority or arbitrator.
(f) No proceeds of any purchase or reinvestment will be used by the Seller to acquire any equity security of a class that is registered pursuant to Section 12 of the SellerSecurities Exchange Act of 1934.
(g) The Seller is the legal and beneficial owner of the Pool Receivables and Related Security, threatened free and clear of any Adverse Claim. Upon each purchase or likely to be asserted against reinvestment, each Purchaser, through the Agent, shall acquire a valid and enforceable perfected undivided percentage ownership or affecting security interest in each Pool Receivable then existing or thereafter arising and in the SellerRelated Security, before Collections and other proceeds with respect thereto, free and clear of any Adverse Claim. The Agreement creates a security interest in favor of the Agent, for the benefit of the Purchasers, in the Pool Assets, and the Agent on behalf of the Purchasers, has a first priority perfected security interest in the Pool Assets, free and clear of any Adverse Claims. No effective financing statement or by other instrument similar in effect covering any courtPool Asset is on file in any recording office, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body except those filed in favor of (A) with respect Xxxxxxx pursuant to any of the transactions contemplated by this Warnaco Sale Agreement, the Authentic Sale Agreement or and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or Xxxxxx Xxxxx Sale Agreement, (B) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Seller will be determined adversely pursuant to the Seller Xxxxxxx Xxxx Agreement and will if determined adversely (C) the Agent relating to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement.
(bh) The representations Each Monthly Report and warranties each Weekly Report (if prepared by the Seller or one of each Transferor with respect its Affiliates, or to the Transferred Mortgage Loans extent that information contained therein is supplied by the Seller or an Affiliate), information, exhibit, financial statement, document, book, record or report furnished or to be furnished at any time by or on behalf of the Seller to the Agent, the Co-Agent and the Purchasers in connection with the applicable Transfer Agreement were made or any other Transaction Document to which it is a party is or will be complete and accurate in all material respects as of its date or as of the date of such Transfer Agreement. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Date, as to each, that:so furnished.
(i) The information set forth with respect Seller's principal place of business and chief executive office (as such terms are used in the UCC) and the office where it keeps its records concerning the Receivables are located at the address referred to in Sections 1(b) and 2(b) of Exhibit IV to the Transferred Mortgage Loans Agreement.
(j) The Seller is not in violation of any order of any court, arbitrator or Governmental Authority, the violation of which would have a Material Adverse Effect on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is given;Seller.
(iik) There are no defaults (other than delinquency in payment) in complying with the terms No proceeds of any Mortgagepurchase or reinvestment will be used for any purpose that violates any applicable law, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxesrule or regulation, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paid;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA or FHLMC. If upon origination of a Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines including Regulation U of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is Reserve Board.
(l) Each Pool Receivable included as an Eligible Receivable in effect which policy conforms to the requirements calculation of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given Net Receivables Pool Balance is an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;Eligible Receivable.
(ivm) Each Mortgage No event has not been satisfiedoccurred and is continuing, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, would result from a purchase in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation respect of, or agreement withreinvestment in respect of, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in Purchased Interests or from the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator application of the Transferred Mortgage Loanproceeds therefrom, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is that constitutes a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue Termination Event or an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage LoanUnmatured Termination Event.
(ixn) There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(x) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(xi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made The Seller has complied in all material respects with the Credit and Collection Policy.
(o) The Seller has complied in all material respects with all of the terms, covenants and agreements contained in the Agreement and the other Transaction Documents that are applicable local, stateto it.
(p) The Seller's complete corporate name is set forth in the preamble to the Agreement, and federal laws includingit does not use and has not since its incorporation used any other corporate name, but not limited totrade name, all applicable predatory doing-business name or fictitious name, except as set forth on Schedule II to the Agreement and abusive lending laws;except for names first used after the date of the Agreement and set forth in a notice delivered to the Agent pursuant to Section 1(i)(iv) of Exhibit III to the Agreement.
(xiiiq) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan The Seller is not an "investment company," or a “qualified mortgage” company "controlled" by an "investment company" within the meaning of Section 860G the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. In addition, the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) Seller is not a "holding company," a "subsidiary company" of a "holding company" or any similar rule that provides that an "affiliate" of a defective obligation is "holding company" or of a qualified mortgage for "subsidiary company" of a temporary period);
(xiv) As of the Closing Date, other than with respect to Retained Interest, no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (i) a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” ("holding company" within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seq1935, as amended.); no Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act (N.M.
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Sources: Receivables Purchase Agreement (Warnaco Group Inc /De/)
Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that as of the Closing Date:
(i) The the Seller is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing its creation and existence and has full corporate power and authority to own its property, to carry on its business as presently conducted, conducted and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement;
(ii) The the execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller; neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or this Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions therein or herein or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof thereof or thereofhereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Seller;
(iii) The the execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby and hereby and thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;
(iv) Each each of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against it in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally and (B) general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and
(v) There there are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting the Seller, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or this Agreement or (B) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or this Agreement.
(b) The representations and warranties of each Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as of the date of such Transfer Agreement. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Datehereunder, as to each, that, as of the Closing Date:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is given;
(ii) There are no defaults (other than delinquency in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgage, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paid;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA Xxxxxx Xxx or FHLMCXxxxxxx Mac. If upon origination of a Transferred the Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) ), a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect effect, which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable Transferred such Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no No foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) . There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(xix) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(xix) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by will have a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company CLTV of 100% or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As less as of the Closing Date, each Transferred ;
(xi) Each Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period)1.860G-2;
(xivxii) As of the Closing Date, other than with respect to Retained Interest, no Transferred Each Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either the time it was originated complied in all material respects with applicable local, state and federal laws, including, but not limited to, all applicable local, state and federal predatory, abusive and fair lending laws; and, specifically, (ia) a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term of the Transferred no Mortgage Loan or (ii) secured by a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) Mortgaged Property located in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 New Jersey is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to as defined in the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of effective November 27, 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seq.); (b) no Transferred Mortgage Loan secured by a Mortgaged Property located in New Mexico is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to as defined in the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act effective January 1, 2004 (N.M.
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Sources: Mortgage Loan Sale and Assignment Agreement (BNC Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-2)
Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that as of the Closing Date:
(i) The the Seller is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing its creation and existence and has full corporate power and authority to own its property, to carry on its business as presently conducted, conducted and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement;
(ii) The the execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller; neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or this Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions therein or herein or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof thereof or thereofhereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Seller;
(iii) The the execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby and hereby and thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;
(iv) Each each of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against it in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally and (B) general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and
(v) There there are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting the Seller, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or this Agreement or (B) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or this Agreement.
(b) The representations and warranties of each Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as of the date of such Transfer Agreement. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Datehereunder, as to each, that, as of the Closing Date:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is given;
(ii) There are no defaults (other than delinquency in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgage, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paid;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA Fanxxx Xxe or FHLMCFrexxxx Xxc. If upon origination of a Transferred the Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) ), a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect effect, which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each In the case of approximately 95.56% and 4.44% of the Mortgage Loans (by Scheduled Principal Balance as of the Cut-off Date), the related Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien or second lien, respectively, on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) the first Mortgage, in the case of a Mortgaged Property that is secured by a perfected second lien, (2) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (23) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable Transferred such Mortgage Loan, and (34) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any In the case of approximately 95.56% of the Mortgage Loans (by Scheduled Principal Balance as of the Cut-off Date), any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no No foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) . There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(xix) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(xix) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by will have a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company CLTV of 100% or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As less as of the Closing Date, each Transferred ;
(xi) Each Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period)1.860G-2;
(xivxii) As of the Closing Date, other than with respect to Retained Interest, no Transferred Each Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state and federal laws, including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory, abusive and fair lending laws; and, specifically, (ia) a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term of the Transferred no Mortgage Loan or (ii) secured by a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) Mortgaged Property located in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 New Jersey is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to as defined in the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of effective November 27, 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seq.); (b) no Transferred Mortgage Loan secured by a Mortgaged Property located in New Mexico is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to as defined in the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act effective January 1, 2004 (N.M.
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Sources: Mortgage Loan Sale and Assignment Agreement (BNC Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-2)
Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that as of the Closing Date:
(i) The the Seller is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing its creation and existence and has full corporate power and authority to own its property, to carry on its business as presently conducted, conducted and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement;
(ii) The the execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller; neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or this Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions therein or herein or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof thereof or thereofhereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Seller;
(iii) The the execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby and hereby and thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;
(iv) Each each of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against it in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally and (B) general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and
(v) There there are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting the Seller, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or this Agreement or (B) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or this Agreement.
(b) The representations and warranties of each Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as of the date of such Transfer Agreement. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Datehereunder, as to each, that, as of the Closing Date:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is given;
(ii) There are no defaults (other than delinquency in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgage, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paid;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA Fxxxxx Mae or FHLMCFxxxxxx Mac. If upon origination of a Transferred the Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) ), a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect effect, which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each In the case of approximately 93.73% and 6.27% of the Mortgage Loans (by Scheduled Principal Balance as of the Cut-off Date), the related Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien or second lien, respectively, on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) the first Mortgage, in the case of a Mortgaged Property that is secured by a perfected second lien, (2) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (23) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable Transferred such Mortgage Loan, and (34) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any In the case of approximately 93.73% of the Mortgage Loans (by Scheduled Principal Balance as of the Cut-off Date), any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no No foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) . There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(xix) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(xix) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by will have a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company CLTV of 100% or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As less as of the Closing Date, each Transferred ;
(xi) Each Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period)1.860G-2;
(xivxii) As of the Closing Date, other than with respect to Retained Interest, no Transferred Each Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state and federal laws, including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory, abusive and fair lending laws; and, specifically, (ia) a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term of the Transferred no Mortgage Loan or (ii) secured by a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) Mortgaged Property located in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 New Jersey is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to as defined in the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of effective November 27, 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seq.); (b) no Transferred Mortgage Loan secured by a Mortgaged Property located in New Mexico is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to as defined in the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act effective January 1, 2004 (N.M.
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Sources: Mortgage Loan Sale and Assignment Agreement (Sail 2006-Bnc3)
Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that as of the Closing Date:
(i) The the Seller is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing its creation and existence and has full corporate power and authority to own its property, to carry on its business as presently conducted, conducted and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Assignment Agreements and Assumption this Agreement;
(ii) The the execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment Agreements and Assumption this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller; neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreements or this Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions therein or herein or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof thereof or thereofhereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Seller;
(iii) The the execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment Agreements and Assumption this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby and hereby and thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;
(iv) Each each of this Agreement and the Assignment Agreements and Assumption this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption AgreementAgreements, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against it in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally and (B) general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and
(v) There there are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting the Seller, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreements or this Agreement or (B) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreements or this Agreement.
(b) The representations and warranties of each Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as of the date of such Transfer Agreement. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Datehereunder, as to each, that, as of the Closing Date:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is given;
(ii) There are no defaults (other than delinquency in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgage, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paid;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA Xxxxxx Xxx or FHLMCXxxxxxx Mac. If upon origination of a Transferred the Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) ), a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect effect, which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable Transferred such Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no No foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) . There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(xix) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(xix) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by will have a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company CLTV of 100% or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As less as of the Closing Date, each Transferred ;
(xi) Each Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period)1.860G-2;
(xivxii) As of the Closing Date, other than with respect to Retained Interest, no Transferred Each Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either the time it was originated complied in all material respects with applicable local, state and federal laws, including, but not limited to, all applicable local, state and federal predatory, abusive and fair lending laws; and, specifically, (ia) a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term of the Transferred no Mortgage Loan or (ii) secured by a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) Mortgaged Property located in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 New Jersey is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to as defined in the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of effective November 27, 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seq.); (b) no Transferred Mortgage Loan secured by a Mortgaged Property located in New Mexico is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to as defined in the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act effective January 1, 2004 (N.M.
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Sources: Mortgage Loan Sale and Assignment Agreement (BNC Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-3)
Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that as of the Closing Date:
(i) The the Seller is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing its creation and existence and has full corporate power and authority to own its property, to carry on its business as presently conducted, conducted and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Assignment Agreements and Assumption this Agreement;
(ii) The the execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment Agreements and Assumption this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller; neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreements or this Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions therein or herein or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof thereof or thereofhereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Seller;
(iii) The the execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment Agreements and Assumption this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby and hereby and thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;
(iv) Each each of this Agreement and the Assignment Agreements and Assumption this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption AgreementAgreements, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against it in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally and (B) general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and
(v) There there are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting the Seller, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreements or this Agreement or (B) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreements or this Agreement.
(b) The representations and warranties of each Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as of the date of such Transfer Agreement. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Datehereunder, as to each, that, as of the Closing Date:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is given;
(ii) There are no defaults (other than delinquency in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgage, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paid;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA Xxxxxx Mae or FHLMCXxxxxxx Mac. If upon origination of a Transferred the Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) ), a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect effect, which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each In the case of approximately 98.01% and 1.99% of the Mortgage Loans (by Scheduled Principal Balance as of the Cut-off Date), the related Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien or second lien, respectively, on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) the first Mortgage, in the case of a Mortgaged Property that is secured by a perfected second lien, (2) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (23) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable Transferred such Mortgage Loan, and (34) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any In the case of approximately 98.01% of the Mortgage Loans (by Scheduled Principal Balance as of the Cut-off Date), any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no No foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) . There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(xix) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(xix) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by will have a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company CLTV of 100% or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As less as of the Closing Date, each Transferred ;
(xi) Each Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period)1.860G-2;
(xivxii) As of the Closing Date, other than with respect to Retained Interest, no Transferred Each Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either the time it was originated complied in all material respects with applicable local, state and federal laws, including, but not limited to, all applicable local, state and federal predatory, abusive and fair lending laws; and, specifically, (ia) a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term of the Transferred no Mortgage Loan or (ii) secured by a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) Mortgaged Property located in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 New Jersey is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to as defined in the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of effective November 27, 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seq.); (b) no Transferred Mortgage Loan secured by a Mortgaged Property located in New Mexico is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to as defined in the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act effective January 1, 2004 (N.M.
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Sources: Mortgage Loan Sale and Assignment Agreement (Sasco 2007-Bnc1)
Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) 2.1 The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that as of the Closing DateBuyer that:
(ia) The the Seller is a corporation duly organized, formed and validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing of the Province of British Columbia, has all requisite corporate power and authority and is duly qualified and holds all necessary material permits, licenses and authorizations necessary or required to carry on its creation business as now conducted and existence to own, lease or operate its properties and assets and no steps or proceedings have been taken by any person, voluntary or otherwise, requiring or authorizing its dissolution or winding up;
(b) the Seller has full corporate power and authority to own its property, to carry on its business as presently conducted, and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Assignment any agreement or instrument referred to or contemplated by this Agreement and Assumption Agreementto carry out its obligations hereunder;
(iic) The execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller; neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or and the Assignment performance by the Seller of its obligations hereunder and Assumption Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions herein or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof or thereof, contemplated in this Agreement do not and will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under (whether after notice or lapse of time or both), under: (i) any statute, any rule or regulation applicable to the Seller; (ii) the constating documents or resolutions of the provisions managing member or members of the Seller which are in effect at the date hereof; (iii) any lawmortgage, governmental rulenote, regulationindenture, contract, agreement, joint venture, partnership, instrument, lease or other document to which the Seller is a party or by which it is bound; or (iv) any judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Seller;
(iiid) The executionthe Property is free and clear of all liens, delivery charges and performance by encumbrances other than the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereofUnderlying NSR Royalty;
(ive) Each the Seller is the legal and beneficial owner of the Property;
(f) there are no actions, suits, investigations or proceedings before any court, arbitrator, administrative agency or other tribunal or governmental authority, whether pending or, to the Knowledge of the Seller, threatened, which directly or indirectly relate to or affect the interests of the Seller in the Property;
(g) this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against it in accordance with its respective termsSeller, except as such enforceability enforcement may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights and remedies generally from time to time in effect and the rights exercise by courts of creditors generally and (B) general equity powers or their application of principles of equity regardless public policy;
(h) the Property has been operated in accordance with all applicable Environmental Laws and there are no environmental conditions existing on the Property to which any remedial action is required, or any liability has been imposed under applicable Environmental Laws;
(i) the Seller has not received from any government instrumentality any notice of whether such enforcement or communication relating to any actual or alleged Environmental Claims and there are no outstanding work orders or actions required to be taken relating to environmental matters respecting the Property or any operations carried out on the Property;
(j) no environmental audit, assessment, study or test has been conducted in relation to the mineral claims comprising the Property by or on behalf of the Seller nor is considered in a proceeding in equity the Seller aware after reasonable inquiry of any of the same having been conducted by or at lawon behalf of any governmental authority or by any other Person; and
(vk) There the mineral claims comprising of the Property have been duly and validly staked and are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to recorded in the knowledge name of the Seller, threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting are accurately described in Schedule “A” hereto, are in good standing under the Seller, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any laws of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Assignment jurisdiction in which they are located and Assumption Agreement or (B) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment are free and clear of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller all liens, charges, underlying royalties and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreementencumbrances.
(b) 2.2 The representations and warranties of each Transferor with respect to contained in Section 2.1 are provided for the Transferred Mortgage Loans in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as exclusive benefit of the date of such Transfer Agreement. To the extent that any factBuyer, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes and a breach of both (i) a any one or more thereof may be waived by the Buyer in whole or in part at any time without prejudice to its rights in respect of any other breach of the same or any other representation or warranty of a Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement warranty; and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller contained in this Section 1.04(b) (other than the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following 2.1 will survive the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Date, as to each, that:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is given;
(ii) There are no defaults (other than delinquency in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgage, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paid;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA or FHLMC. If upon origination of a Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loanindefinitely.
(ix) There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(x) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(xi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period);
(xiv) As of the Closing Date, other than with respect to Retained Interest, no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (i) a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seq.); no Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act (N.M.
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Sources: Mineral Claims Acquisition Agreement
Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that as of the Closing Date, May 28, 2004:
(i) The Seller is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing its creation and existence and has full corporate power and authority to own its property, to carry on its business as presently conducted, and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement;
(ii) The execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller; neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions herein or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof or thereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Seller;
(iii) The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;
(iv) Each of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against it in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally and (B) general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and
(v) There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting the Seller, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or (B) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement.
(b) The representations and warranties of each Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as of the date of such Transfer Agreement. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii1.04(b)(xi), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix(xvi) and 1.04(b)(xx(xvii)) shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii1.04(b)(xi), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix(xvi) and 1.04(b)(xx(xvii) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii1.04(b)(xi), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix(xvi) and 1.04(b)(xx(xvii)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Date(or as of such other date as may be specified in particular representations and warranties), as to each, thatthat as of May 28, 2004:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is given;
(ii) There are no defaults (other than delinquency in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgage, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paid;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA or FHLMC. If upon origination of a the Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(x) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(xi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period);
(xiv) As of the Closing Date, other than with respect to Retained Interest, no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (i) a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seq.); no Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act (N.M.current
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Sources: Mortgage Loan Sale and Assignment Agreement (Structured Asset Securities Corp)
Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor Purchaser and the Servicing Agent that as of the date hereof and the Closing Date:
(ia) The Seller is a corporation duly organized, organized and validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing its creation and existence of the State of Oregon and has full corporate power power, authority and authority legal right to own its property, to carry on properties and conduct its business as such properties are presently owned and such business is presently conducted, and to enter into execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement;Conservation Bond.
(ii) The execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller; neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions herein or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof or thereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Seller;
(iiib) The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement Agreement, and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby hereby, are within the Seller's corporate powers, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action, do not require contravene (i) the consent Seller's charter or approval ofby-laws, (ii) any law, rule or regu- lation applicable to the giving of notice toSeller, the registration with(iii) any contractual restriction contained in any material indenture, loan or credit agreement, lease, mortgage, security agreement, bond, note, or the taking of any other action in respect ofagreement or instrument binding on or, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;
best of Seller's knowledge, affecting the Seller or its property or (iv) Each any order, writ, judgment, award, injunction or decree binding on or, to the best of this Agreement Seller's knowledge, affecting the Seller or its property, and do not result in or require the Assignment and Assumption creation of any Adverse Claim upon or with respect to any of its properties (other than in favor of the Purchaser as contemplated hereunder). This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered on behalf of the Seller.
(c) There are no proceedings or investigations, pending or, to the best knowledge of the Seller, threatened against the Seller before any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, or other tribunal or governmental instrumentality (i) asserting the invalidity of this Agreement or the Conservation Bond, (ii) seeking to prevent the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (iii) seeking any determination or ruling as to the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or the Conservation Bond, or (iv) except as disclosed in the Seller's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1995 or Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 1996 and June 30, 1996, seeking any determination or ruling that would materially and adversely affect the performance by the Seller andof its obligations under this Agreement or the Conservation Bond.
(d) All approvals, assuming due authorizationauthorizations, consents, orders or other actions of any Person or of any governmental body or official required in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the BankSeller, in the case performance by the Seller of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Depositorfulfillment of the terms hereof to be fulfilled by the Seller, in the case of this Agreementhave, or will at Closing will have been obtained.
(e) This Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against it the Seller in accordance with its respective terms, except (i) as such enforceability may be subject to (A) limited by applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect affecting the enforcement of the creditors' rights of creditors generally and (Bii) as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity regardless of (whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding suit at law or in equity or at law; andequity).
(vf) There are no actionsNo proceeds of the Purchase hereunder will be used by the Seller (i) for buying or carrying Margin Stock, suits as defined in Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System from time to time or proceedings pending or(ii) to acquire any security in any transaction that is subject to Section 13 or 14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
(g) No certificate, exhibit attached hereto, document or financial statement prepared by the Seller and-required to be furnished on or before the Closing Date by the Seller to the knowledge of Servicing Agent or the Seller, threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting the Seller, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) Purchaser in connection with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement Conservation Bond is or (B) with respect to shall be inaccurate in any other matter which in the judgment of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwisematerial respect, or adversely affect its ability contains or shall contain any material misstatement of fact, or omits or shall omit to perform its obligations under this Agreement state a material fact or any fact necessary to make the Assignment and Assumption Agreement.
(b) The representations and warranties of statements contained therein not misleading, in each Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made case, as of the date of such Transfer Agreement. To it is or shall be dated.
(h) The Conservation Bond has been duly and validly authorized by the extent that any factSeller, condition or event and, when executed and delivered in accordance with respect the terms hereof and delivered to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a Transferor under and paid for by the applicable Transfer Agreement and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under Purchaser in accordance with this Agreement, will be duly and validly issued and outstanding, and will comply with and be entitled to the sole right or remedy benefits of the Depositor with respect to a breach by Bondable Conservation Investments Order and the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Date, as to each, that:Financing Order.
(i) The information set forth with respect Seller is not required to register as an "investment company" nor is the Transferred Mortgage Loans on Seller controlled by an "investment company" within the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(j) The balance sheets of the Transferred Mortgage LoansSeller and its consolidated subsidiaries as at June 30, 1996, and the information related statements of income and retained earnings of the Seller and its consolidated subsidiaries for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1995, copies of which have been furnished to the Servicing Agent, fairly present the financial condition of the Seller and its consolidated subsidiaries as at such dates and the results of the operations of the Seller and its consolidated subsidiaries for the periods ended on such dates all in accordance with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied, and correct since June 30, 1996, there has been no material adverse change in all material respects at the date such condition or dates respecting which such information is given;operations.
(iik) There are no defaults (other than delinquency in payment) in complying with The sale of the Conservation Bond pursuant to the terms of any Mortgage, and this Agreement will not require the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paid;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA or FHLMC. If upon origination of a Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording registration of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in Conservation Bond under the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage LoanSecurities Act.
(ixl) There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation The Conservation Investment Assets are free and clear of any Mortgaged Property Adverse Claim except in favor of the Purchaser as provided in this Agreement.
(or, in m) The chief place of business and chief executive office of the case Seller are located at the address of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as Seller referred to have a material adverse effect on the value signature page of this Agreement and the location of the related Mortgaged Property as security for offices where the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or Seller keeps all of its records concerning the use for which Bondable Conservation Investments and the premises were intended;
(x) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(xi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or similar institution that Conservation Investment Assets is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period);
(xiv) As of the Closing Date, other than with respect to Retained Interest, no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (i) a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seqsame address.); no Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act (N.M.
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Sources: Conservation Bond Purchase Agreement (Enron Corp/Or/)
Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that Purchaser, as of the Closing Datedate of execution and delivery hereof, that:
(i1) The Seller is duly organized as a corporation duly organized, national banking association and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing its creation and existence and of the United States of America.
(2) The Seller has full corporate the requisite power and authority to own its propertysell each Mortgage Loan, and to carry on its business as presently conductedexecute, deliver and perform, and to enter into and perform its obligations under consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement;
(ii) The execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement have been has duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement; and this Agreement, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the other parties thereto, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Seller; neither , enforceable against the Seller 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 or of creditors of depository institutions, the accounts of which are insured by the FDIC, 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 this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions herein or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof or thereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Seller;
(iii) The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;
(iv) Each of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against it in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally and (B) general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and
(v) There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting the Seller, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any sale of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or (B) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement.
(b) The representations and warranties of each Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as of the date of such Transfer Agreement. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement and (ii) a representation or warranty of by the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach consummation of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Date, as to each, that:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is given;
(ii) There are no defaults (other than delinquency in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgage, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paid;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA or FHLMC. If upon origination of a Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder the fulfillment of or compliance with the terms thereof are in the ordinary course of business of the related MortgageSeller and will not (a) result in a material breach of any term or provision of the charter or by-laws of the Seller or (b) materially conflict with, including 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 the Seller is a party or by which it may be bound, or (c) constitute a material violation of any statute, order or regulation applicable to the Seller of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or governmental body having jurisdiction over the Seller; and the Seller is not in breach or violation of any material indenture or other material agreement or instrument, has doneor in violation of any statute, by act order or omissionregulation of any court, anything that would regulatory body, administrative agency or governmental body having jurisdiction over it which breach or violation may materially impair the coverage Seller's ability to perform or meet any of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;its obligations under this Agreement.
(viii4) To No litigation is pending or, to the best of the Seller’s 's knowledge, no foreclosure action is being threatened against the Seller that would prohibit the execution or commenced delivery of, or performance under, this Agreement by the Seller.
(b) The Seller hereby assigns, transfers and conveys to the Purchaser all of its rights with respect to any Transferred the Mortgage Loan.
(ix) There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (orLoans including, in the case of any Cooperative Loanwithout limitation, the related cooperative unit) representations and each such property warranties of FHHLC made pursuant to MLPA I, together with all rights of the Seller to require FHHLC to cure any breach thereof or to repurchase or substitute for any affected Mortgage Loan in accordance with MLPA I. It is undamaged by wasteunderstood and agreed that the obligation under MLPA I of FHHLC to cure, fire, earthquake repurchase or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so replace any Mortgage Loan as to have which a material adverse effect breach has occurred and is continuing shall constitute the sole remedy against FHHLC respecting such breach available to the Purchaser on its behalf. It is understood and agreed that the value representations and warranties set forth in this Section 4.1 shall survive the sale of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(x) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(xi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period);
(xiv) As of the Closing Date, other than with respect to Retained Interest, no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (i) a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior Loans to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seqPurchaser hereunder.); no Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act (N.M.
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Sources: Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement (First Horizon Asset Securities Inc)
Representations and Warranties of the Seller. The Seller covenants, represents and warrants as follows:
(a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that as of the Closing Date:
(i) The Seller is a corporation duly organized, validly existing existing, and in good standing under the laws governing its creation of and existence is duly qualified and licensed to do business;
(b) the Seller has full corporate power and authority to own its property, to carry on its business as presently conducted, and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and to take any action and execute any documents required by the Assignment and Assumption Agreementterms hereof;
(iic) The execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement have Agreement, entered into, has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on proceedings, has been duly and validly executed and delivered by the part Seller, and this Agreement creates a binding obligation of the Seller; , enforceable in accordance with the terms hereof;
(d) neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions herein or therein contemplatedcontemplated hereby, nor the fulfillment of or compliance with the provisions hereof or thereofterms and conditions of this Agreement, will conflict with or result in a breach of, of or constitute a default under, under any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any lawlegal restriction (including, governmental rulewithout limitation, regulationany judgement, judgmentorder, injunction, decree or order binding on ruling of any court or governmental authority, or any federal, state, local or other law, statute, rule or regulation) or any covenant or agreement or instrument to which the Seller is now a party, or by which the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws any of the Seller's property is bound, nor does such execution, delivery, consummation or compliance violate or result in the violation of the Seller's Certificate of Incorporation, Memorandum and Articles of Incorporation;
(iiie) The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of has the legal capacity to enter into and perform this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;
(iv) Each of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against it the Seller in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally and (B) general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and;
(vf) There the Purchased Shares are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting the Seller, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or (B) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement.
(b) The representations and warranties of each Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as of the date of such Transfer Agreement. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach legally owned by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Date, as to each, that:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loansfree from all Liens, and the information with respect Seller is entitled to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on sell and transfer to Buyer the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct ownership of the Purchased Shares in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is given;
(ii) There are no defaults (other than delinquency in payment) in complying accordance with the terms of any Mortgage, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paid;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA or FHLMC. If upon origination of a Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(x) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(xi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period);
(xiv) As of the Closing Date, other than with respect to Retained Interest, no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (i) a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seq.); no Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act (N.M.
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Sources: Share Purchase Agreement
Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that as of the Closing Date:
(i) The the Seller is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing its creation and existence and has full corporate power and authority to own its property, to carry on its business as presently conducted, conducted and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Assignment Agreements and Assumption this Agreement;
(ii) The the execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment Agreements and Assumption this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller; neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreements or this Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions therein or herein or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof thereof or thereofhereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Seller;
(iii) The the execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment Agreements and Assumption this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby and hereby and thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;
(iv) Each each of this Agreement and the Assignment Agreements and Assumption this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption AgreementAgreements, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against it in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally and (B) general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and
(v) There there are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting the Seller, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreements or this Agreement or (B) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreements or this Agreement.
(b) The representations and warranties of each Transferor (other than New Century Mortgage Corporation) with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as of the date of such Transfer Agreement. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made by it pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii(xiii), 1.04(b)(xviii(xiv), 1.04(b)(xix(xv), (xvi) and 1.04(b)(xx(xvii)) , shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii(xiii), 1.04(b)(xviii(xiv), 1.04(b)(xix(xv), (xvi) and 1.04(b)(xx(xvii) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than the any representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii(xiii), 1.04(b)(xviii(xiv), 1.04(b)(xix(xv), (xvi) and 1.04(b)(xx)(xvii) by it) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans (other than any representations and warranties made by it pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), (xiii), (xiv), (xv), (xvi) and (xvii)) if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on hereunder, as to each that, as of the Closing Date, as to each, that:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is given;
(ii) There are no defaults (other than delinquency in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgage, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paid;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA Xxxxxx Mae or FHLMCXxxxxxx Mac. If upon origination of a the Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) ), a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect effect, which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each The related Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable such Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no No foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) . There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(xix) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(xix) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xiixi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period)1.860G-2;
(xivxii) As of Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the Closing Datetime it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, other than with respect to Retained Intereststate and federal laws, including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory, abusive and fair lending laws; and, specifically, (a) no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (i) secured by a single fixed rate Mortgaged Property located in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 New Jersey is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to as defined in the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of effective November 27, 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seq.); (b) no Transferred Mortgage Loan secured by a Mortgaged Property located in New Mexico is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to as defined in the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act effective January 1, 2004 (N.M.
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Sources: Mortgage Loan Sale and Assignment Agreement (Lehman XS Trust 2007-10h)
Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that as of the Closing Date:
(i) The the Seller is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing its creation and existence and has full corporate power and authority to own its property, to carry on its business as presently conducted, conducted and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement;
(ii) The the execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller; neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions therein or herein or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof thereof or thereofhereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Seller;
(iii) The the execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby and hereby and thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;
(iv) Each each of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against it in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally and (B) general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and
(v) There there are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting the Seller, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or this Agreement or (B) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or this Agreement.
(b) The representations and warranties of each the Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans in the applicable each Transfer Agreement were made as of the date of such Transfer Agreement. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a the Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than except in the case of a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made by it pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii1.04(b)(xiii) through (xix)), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such the Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii1.04(b)(xiii) through (xix), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than except in the case of those representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix1.04(b)(xiii) and 1.04(b)(xxthrough (xix)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans (except in the case of those representations and warranties made by it pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xiii) through (xix)) if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such the applicable Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such the applicable Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Datehereunder, as to each, that:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is given;
(ii) There are no defaults (other than delinquency in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgage, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paid;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA Xxxxxx Xxx or FHLMCXxxxxxx Mac. If upon origination of a Transferred the Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) ), a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect effect, which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each In the case of 95.97% and 4.03% of the Mortgage Loans (by Scheduled Principal Balance as of the Cut-off Date), the related Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien or second lien, respectively, on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable Transferred such Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any In the case of 95.97% of the Mortgage Loans (by Scheduled Principal Balance as of the Cut-off Date), any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no No foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) . There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(xix) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(x) [Reserved];
(xi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by will have a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company LTV of 100% or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 less as of the National Housing ActClosing Date;
(xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period)1.860G-2;
(xivxiii) As of the Closing Date, other than with respect to Retained Interest, no Transferred Each Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state and federal laws, including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory, abusive and fair lending laws; and, specifically, (ia) a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term of the Transferred no Mortgage Loan or (ii) secured by a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) Mortgaged Property located in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan New Jersey is a “highHigh-cost,Cost Home Loan” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after as defined in the New Jersey Home Ownership Act effective November 27, 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seq.); (b) no Mortgage Loan secured by a Mortgaged Property located in New Mexico is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seq.); no Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to as defined in the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act effective January 1, 2004 (N.M.
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Sources: Mortgage Loan Sale and Assignment Agreement (Sasco 2006-Opt1)
Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that as of the Closing Datethat:
(i) The Seller is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing its creation and existence and has full corporate power and authority to own its property, to carry on its business as presently conducted, and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and of the Assignment and Assumption AgreementState of Delaware;
(ii) The execution Seller has taken all necessary action to authorize the execution, delivery and delivery performance of this Agreement by it, and has the power and authority to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and all the transactions contemplated hereby, including, but not limited to, the power and authority to sell, assign and transfer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with this Agreement;
(iii) This Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by the Seller of this Agreement and assuming the Assignment and Assumption Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller; neither the due authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement or by each other party hereto, this Agreement and all of the Assignment obligations of the Seller hereunder are the legal, valid and Assumption binding obligations of the Seller, enforceable in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, nor except as such enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, liquidation, receivership, moratorium or other laws relating to or affecting creditors' rights generally, or by general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law);
(iv) The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation performance of its obligations hereunder by the transactions herein or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof or thereof, Seller will not conflict with any provision of its certificate of incorporation or bylaws, or any law or regulation to which the Seller is subject, or conflict with, result in a breach of, of or constitute a default under (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a default under, ) any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree agreement or order binding on instrument to which the Seller is a party or its properties by which it is bound, or any order or decree applicable to the certificate Seller, or result in the creation or imposition of incorporation or bylaws any lien on any of the Seller;
(iii) 's assets or property, which would materially and adversely affect the ability of the Seller to carry out the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The Seller has obtained any consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or governmental agency or body required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereofAgreement;
(iv) Each of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against it in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally and (B) general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and
(v) There are is no actionsaction, suits suit or proceedings proceeding pending or, to against the knowledge of the Seller, threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting the Seller, before Seller in any court or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or (B) with respect to before any other matter governmental agency or instrumentality which in the judgment of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller would materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its the ability of the Seller to perform carry out its obligations under this Agreement or Agreement; and
(vi) The Trustee, if not the Assignment owner of the related Mortgage Loan and Assumption Agreementthe Montehiedra Partner Loans, will have a valid and perfected security interest of first priority in each of the Mortgage Loans and the Montehiedra Partner Loans and any proceeds thereof.
(b) The representations It is understood and warranties of each Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as of the date of such Transfer Agreement. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees agreed that the representations and warranties of the Seller set forth in this Section 1.04(b2.03 shall survive delivery of the respective Mortgage Files to the Trustee until the termination of this Agreement, and shall inure to the benefit of the Certificateholders and the Master Servicer.
(c) (other than Upon discovery by the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii)Custodian, 1.04(b)(xvii)the Master Servicer, 1.04(b)(xviii)the Special Servicer, 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute the Trustee of a breach of any representation or warranty made by of the related Transferor applicable Responsible Party in the applicable Transfer Loan Sale Agreement or the Responsible Party Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability , as the case may be, with respect to any breach Mortgage Loan or the Montehiedra Partner Loans, as the case may be, or that any document required to be included in the Mortgage File does not conform to the requirements of a representation Section 2.01, such Person shall give prompt notice thereof to the applicable Responsible Party and the Seller, and such Responsible Party shall, to the extent such Responsible Party is obligated to cure or warranty made by it repurchase the related Mortgage Loan (or Related Individual Loan with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans if Cadillac Fairview Pool Loan) or the factMontehiedra Partner Loans, condition as the case may be, under the terms of the Loan Sale Agreement or event constituting the Responsible Party Agreement, as the case may be, either cure such breach also constitutes or repurchase said Mortgage Loan (or Related Individual Loan with respect to the Cadillac Fairview Pool Loan) or the Montehiedra Partner Loans, as the case may be, at the Repurchase Price within 90 days of the receipt of notice of the breach; it being understood and agreed that none of the Custodian, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, and the Trustee has an obligation to conduct any investigation with respect to such matters (except, in the case of the Mortgage Files, to the extent provided in Section 2.01); provided, however, that in the event that such breach or non-conformity is capable of being cured but not within such 90 day period and the applicable Responsible Party has commenced and is diligently proceeding with the cure of such breach or non-conformity within such 90 day period (other than a breach that would cause a related Mortgage Loan to qualify as a Qualified Mortgage), the applicable Responsible Party shall have an additional 90 days to complete such cure; provided, further, that with respect to such additional 90 day period such Responsible Party shall have delivered an officer's certificate to the Trustee and the Master Servicer setting forth the reason such breach is not capable of being cured within the initial 90 day period and what actions such Responsible Party is pursuing in connection with the cure thereof and stating that such Responsible Party anticipates that such breach will be cured within the additional 90 day period.
(d) Upon receipt by the Master Servicer from the applicable Responsible Party of the Repurchase Price for the repurchased Mortgage Loan (or Related Individual Loan with respect to the Cadillac Fairview Pool Loan) or the Montehiedra Partner Loans, as the case may be, the Master Servicer shall deposit such amount in the Collection Account, and the Trustee, pursuant to Section 3.11, shall, upon receipt of a certificate of a Servicing Officer certifying as to the receipt by the Master Servicer of the Repurchase Price and the deposit of the Repurchase Price into the Collection Account pursuant to this Section 2.03(d), release or cause to be released to the applicable Responsible Party the related Mortgage File and shall execute and deliver such instruments of transfer or assignment, in each case without recourse, representation or warranty, as shall be prepared by the Master Servicer to vest in the applicable Responsible Party any Mortgage Loan (or Related Individual Loan, with respect to the Cadillac Fairview Pool Loan) or the Montehiedra Partner Loans, as the case may be, released pursuant hereto, and any rights of the applicable Responsible Party in, to and under the Loan Sale Agreement or Responsible Party Agreement, as the case may be, as it relates to such Mortgage Loan (or Related Individual Loan with respect to the Cadillac Fairview Pool Loan) or the Montehiedra Partner Loans, as the case may be, that were initially transferred to the Trust Fund under Section 2.01, and the Trustee and the Master Servicer shall have no further responsibility with regard to such Mortgage File.
(e) In the event that the applicable Responsible Party incurs any expense in connection with curing a breach of a representation or warranty made by pursuant to Section 2.03(c) which also constitutes a default under the related Transferor in such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Date, as to each, that:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is given;
(ii) There are no defaults (other than delinquency in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgage, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paid;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA or FHLMC. If upon origination of a Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which Montehiedra Partner Loans, as the premises were intended;
(x) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which case may be, such Responsible Party shall have been filed for worka right, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding subrogated to that under of the law could give rise Trustee, as successor to the mortgagee, to recover the amount of such liens) affecting expenses from the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior toBorrower. The Master Servicer shall use reasonable efforts in recovering, or equal or coordinate withassisting the applicable Responsible Party in recovering, the lien of from the related Mortgage;
(xi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by Borrower the Secretary amount of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period);
(xiv) As of the Closing Date, other than with respect to Retained Interest, no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (i) a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seqexpenses.); no Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act (N.M.
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Sources: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Gs Mortgage Securities Ii Series 1997-Gl I)
Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that as of the Closing Datedate hereof that:
(i) The Seller is a Delaware corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing its creation and existence and has full corporate power and authority to own its property, to carry on its business as presently conducted, conducted and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement;
(ii) The execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller; neither none of the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof or thereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation federal stock charter or bylaws of the Seller;
(iii) The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;
(iv) Each of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against it in accordance with its respective terms, terms except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally and (B) general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and
(v) There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting the Seller, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or (B) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement.
(b) The representations and warranties of each the Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans contained in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as of the date of such the Transfer AgreementAgreement and brought forward to the Closing Date pursuant to the Bring Down Letter. The representations and warranties of the Transferor with respect to the Mortgage Loans contained in the Bring Down Letter were made as of the Closing Date. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a the Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement or Bring Down Letter and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix1.04(b)(vii) and 1.04(b)(xx1.04(b)(viii)) shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such the Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix1.04(b)(vii) and 1.04(b)(xx1.04(b)(viii) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix1.04(b)(vii) and 1.04(b)(xx1.04(b)(viii)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer AgreementAgreement or Bring Down Letter. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such the Transfer AgreementAgreement or Bring Down Letter, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such the Transfer Agreement and the Bring Down Letter by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Replacement Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-two year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Datehereunder, as to each, thatthat as of October 29, 2004:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is given;
(ii) There are As of the Closing Date, no defaults (other than delinquency Mortgage Loan is in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgage, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paidforeclosure;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA or FHLMC. If upon origination of a Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(x) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(xi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “"qualified mortgage” " within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (as determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period);
(xiv) As of the Closing Date, other than with respect to Retained Interest, no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (i) a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seq.); no Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act (N.M.
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Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that as of the Closing Datefollows:
(ia) The Seller is a corporation duly organizedincorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing of the jurisdiction of its creation incorporation and existence is duly qualified to do business, and has full corporate power and authority to own its propertyis in good standing, to carry on in every jurisdiction where the nature of its business as presently conducted, and requires it to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and be so qualified except where the Assignment and Assumption Agreement;
(ii) The execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement failure to so qualify would not have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action a material adverse effect on the part business of the Seller; neither . All the execution issued and delivery outstanding shares of this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, nor the consummation stock of the transactions herein or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof or thereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions Seller are owned by Dial free and clear of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Seller;Adverse Claim.
(iiib) The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement Agreement, the Certificate and the Assignment all Purchase Documents and Assumption Agreement other instruments and the consummation of documents to be delivered by it hereunder, and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby thereby, and the Seller's use of the proceeds of Purchases, are within the Seller's corporate powers, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action, do not contravene (i) the Seller's charter or by-laws or (ii) law or any contractual restriction binding on or affecting the Seller, and do not result in or require the consent creation of any Adverse Claim (other than pursuant hereto) upon or with respect to any of its
(c) No authorization or approval ofor other action by, the giving of and no notice to, the registration to or filing with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agencyregulatory body is required for the due execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement, the Certificate or any other Purchase Document or other document or instrument to be delivered hereunder, except such as has for the filing of the Financing Statements referred to in Sections 3.01(b) and (g), all of which shall have been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;duly made and shall be in full force and effect.
(ivd) Each of this This Agreement constitutes, and the Assignment Certificate and Assumption Agreement has been duly executed and each other Purchase Document to be delivered by the Seller andwhen delivered hereunder shall constitute, assuming due authorizationthe legal, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation obligations of the Seller enforceable against it the Seller in accordance with its their respective terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) the effect of any applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws law affecting the enforcement of the creditors' rights of creditors generally and (B) general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; andgenerally.
(ve) There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending orpending, or to the knowledge of the SellerSeller threatened, threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting the SellerSeller or any subsidiary, or the property of the Seller or of any subsidiary, in any court, or before any arbitrator of any kind, or before or by any courtgovernmental body, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect which might reasonably be expected to any of materially adversely affect the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or (B) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment financial condition of the Seller will be determined adversely to or the Seller and will if determined its consolidated subsidiaries taken as a whole or materially adversely to affect the ability of the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment Certificate or any other Purchase Document, or which purports to affect the legality, validity or enforceability of any Purchase Document; neither the Seller nor any subsidiary is in default with respect to any order of any court, arbitrator or governmental body except for defaults with respect to orders of governmental agencies which defaults are not material to the business or operations of the Seller or any subsidiary.
(f) No proceeds of any Purchase will be used by the Seller to acquire any security in any transaction which is subject to Sections 13 and Assumption 14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
(g) Each Pool Receivable is (i) together with the Contract related thereto owned by the Seller free and clear of any Adverse Claim except as provided for herein and (ii) an Eligible Receivable or a Government Receivable; upon each Purchase or reinvestment, the Owner making such Purchase or reinvestment will acquire a valid and perfected first priority undivided percentage ownership interest to the extent of the pertinent Eligible Asset in each Pool Receivable then existing or thereafter arising and in the Related Security and Collections with respect thereto free and clear of any Adverse Claim except as provided hereunder; and no effective financing statement or other instrument similar in effect covering any Pool Receivable or the Related Security or Collections with respect thereto is on file in any recording office except such as may be filed in favor of Citicorp, as Agent, in accordance with this Agreement (or the Original Seller Agreement) or the Participant Agreement.
(bh) The representations and warranties pro-forma balance sheet of each Transferor with respect the Seller as at February 12, 1997, copies of which have been furnished to the Transferred Mortgage Loans Agent and the Investor fairly present the
(i) Each Investor Report (if prepared by Dial, the Seller or any Affiliate thereof, or to the extent that information contained therein is supplied by Dial, the Seller or any Affiliate thereof), information, exhibit, financial statement, document, book, record or report furnished at any time by the Seller to the Agent or any Owner in connection with this Agreement is accurate in all material respects as of its date or (except as otherwise disclosed to the applicable Transfer Agreement were made Agent or such Owner, as the case may be, at such time) as of the date so furnished, and no such document contains any material misstatement of fact or omits to state a material fact or any fact necessary to make the statements contained therein not materially misleading.
(j) The chief place of business and chief executive office of the Seller and the offices where the Seller keeps all its books, records and documents evidencing Pool Receivables or the related Contracts are located at the addresses specified for the Seller in Schedule I hereto (or at such Transfer Agreement. To other locations, notified to the extent that any factAgent in accordance with Section 5.01(f), condition in jurisdictions where all action required by Section 6.05 has been taken and completed).
(k) The names and addresses of all the Lock-Box Banks, together with the account numbers of the lock-box or event other accounts of the Seller or Dial at such Lock-Box Banks, are specified for the Seller and Dial, respectively, in Schedule II hereto (or at such other Lock-Box Banks and/or with respect such other lock-box or other accounts as have been notified to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach the Agent in accordance with Section 5.03(d)).
(l) Each purchase of both an Eligible Asset hereunder, and each reinvestment of Collections in Pool Receivables made hereunder, will constitute (i) a representation or warranty "current transaction" within the meaning of a Transferor under Section 3(a)(3) of the applicable Transfer Agreement Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and (ii) a representation purchase or warranty other acquisition of notes, drafts, acceptances, open accounts receivable or other obligations representing part or all of the sales price of merchandise, insurance or services within the meaning of Section 3(c)(5) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(m) The Seller under this has no subsidiaries and does not own or hold, directly or indirectly, any capital stock or equity security of, or any equity interest in, any other Person and has conducted no other business except for the execution and delivery of the Contribution and Sale Agreement, the sole right or remedy Assignment and Assumption and this Agreement and the Participant Agreement and the acquisition of Receivables and sales of interests therein contemplated thereunder and hereunder, and such other activities as are incidental to the Depositor with respect foregoing.
(n) The Contribution and Sale Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption are the only agreements pursuant to a breach by which the Seller of such representation purchases Receivables from Dial and warranty (other than a breach by each Receivable in which an interest is sold hereunder has been purchased under the Seller of Contribution and Sale Agreement or the representations Assignment and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer AgreementAssumption. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to has given the Transferred Mortgage Loans if the factAgent true, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents correct and warrants upon delivery complete copies of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Date, as to each, that:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, Contribution and Sale Agreement and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true Assignment and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting Assumption, which such information is given;
(ii) There agreements are no defaults (other than delinquency in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgage, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paid;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA or FHLMC. If upon origination of a Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(x) There there are no mechanics’ written or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(xi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period);
(xiv) As of the Closing Date, other than with respect to Retained Interest, no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (i) a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seq.); no Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act (N.M.oral understandings
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Sources: Trade Receivables Purchase and Sale Agreement (Dial Corp /New/)
Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (aA) In addition to any other representation or warranty however provided under the Law or otherwise, the Seller hereby makes to the Purchaser the representations and warranties set forth in Sections 7.1 to 7.5, each of which shall be true, correct and accurate as of the date hereof and any date up to, and including, the Closing Date with reference to the facts, events, circumstances and/or situations existing as of any such date (including the Closing Date) according to the provisions below.
(B) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to acknowledges that the Depositor that as of Purchaser enters into this Agreement upon the Closing Date:
(i) The Seller is a corporation duly organizedbasis of, validly existing and in good standing under full reliance upon, the laws governing its creation representations and existence warranties made and has full corporate power and authority to own its property, to carry on its business as presently conducted, and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement;
(ii) The execution and delivery given by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller; neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions herein or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof or thereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of under Article 7. Without prejudice to the provisions of any lawSection 7.5(A), governmental rulethe rights, regulationpowers, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws and remedies of the Seller;
(iii) The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;
(iv) Each of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against it in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally and (B) general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and
(v) There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting the Seller, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or (B) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations Purchaser arising under this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement.
Law in connection with, or by virtue of, any breach, untruthfulness, incorrectness or inaccuracy (bin whole or in part) The representations and warranties of each Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as of the date of such Transfer Agreement. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in under this Section 1.04(b) (other than Agreement or the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii)Law shall not be excluded, 1.04(b)(xvii)limited, 1.04(b)(xviii)reduced, 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) are applicable only to factsaffected, conditions impaired, altered or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shallmodified, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loanany manner whatsoever, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Date, as to each, that:
(i) The information set forth with respect by any investigation, report, inquiry or review of any of the Seller and the Family Sellers, the Company and the Subsidiaries (including their conditions (financial, economic, trading or otherwise), assets, Liabilities, business, activities, permits, authorizations, Contracts, Undertakings, and Instruments, other relationships or matters) conducted by or on behalf of the Purchaser, its Affiliates or their respective representatives or advisors prior to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on date of this Agreement or the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage LoansClosing Date (including any due diligence review), and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is given;
nor (ii) There are no defaults (other than delinquency in payment) in complying with the terms as a consequence of any Mortgageinformation or actual, and the Seller has no notice as to effective, implied, inferred, imputed or alleged knowledge of any taxesbreach, governmental assessmentsuntruthfulness, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments incorrectness or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paid;
inaccuracy (iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA or FHLMC. If upon origination of a Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part) of such representations and warranties which the Purchaser, its Affiliates or their respective representatives or advisors may have prior to or as at the Execution Date or the Closing. The representations and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien warranties of the Mortgage, in whole Seller made or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan undertaken pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan Agreement or the use for which the premises were intended;
(x) There are no mechanics’ Law shall consequently only be limited or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(xi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved qualified by the Secretary terms of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of this Agreement in accordance with the National Housing Act;
(xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period);
(xiv) As of the Closing Date, other than with respect to Retained Interest, no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (i) a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seqprovisions below.); no Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act (N.M.
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Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that as of the Closing Date:
(i) The Seller is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing its creation and existence and has full corporate power and authority to own its property, to carry on its business as presently conducted, and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement;
(ii) The execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller; neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions herein or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof or thereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Seller;
(iii) The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;
(iv) Each of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against it in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally and (B) general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and
(v) There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting the Seller, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or (B) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement.
(b) The representations and warranties of each Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as of the date of such Transfer Agreement. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix), 1.04(b)(xx) and 1.04(b)(xx(1.04)(b)(xxi)) shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix), 1.04(b)(xx) and 1.04(b)(xx1.04(b)(xxi) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix), 1.04(b)(xx) and 1.04(b)(xx1.04(b)(xxi)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Date, as to each, that:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is given;
(ii) There are no defaults (other than delinquency in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgage, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paid;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA or FHLMC. If upon origination of a the Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s 's cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s 's failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s 's cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “"master” " or “"blanket” " hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(x) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(xi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period);
(xiv) As of the Closing Date, other than with respect to Retained Interest, no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (i) a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seq.); no Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act (N.M.
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Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents represents, warrants and warrants covenants to the Depositor Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Insurer and the Owners that as of the Closing DateStartup Day:
(ia) The Seller is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing its creation and existence and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the nature of its business, or the properties owned or leased by it make such qualification necessary. The Seller has full corporate power and all requisite authority to own and operate its propertyproperties, to carry on out its business as presently conducted, conducted and as proposed to be conducted and to enter into and perform discharge its obligations under this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement;other Operative Documents to which it is a party.
(iib) The execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment other Operative Documents to which it is a party by the Seller and Assumption its performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement and the other Operative Documents to which it is a party have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller and will not violate the Seller; neither the execution and delivery 's Articles of this Agreement Incorporation or the Assignment and Assumption AgreementBylaws or constitute a default (or an event which, nor the consummation with notice or lapse of the transactions herein time, or therein contemplatedboth, nor compliance with the provisions hereof or thereofwould constitute a default) under, will conflict with or result in a breach of, any material contract, agreement or constitute other instrument to which the Seller is a default underparty or by which the Seller is bound or violate any statute or any order, any of the provisions rule or regulation of any lawcourt, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree agency or order binding on body or other tribunal having jurisdiction over the Seller or any of its properties or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Seller;properties.
(iiic) The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this This Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior Operative Documents to the date hereof;
(iv) Each of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by which the Seller andis a party, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bankother parties hereto and thereto, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, each constitutes a valid valid, legal and binding obligation of the Seller Seller, enforceable against it in accordance with its respective termsthe terms hereof and thereof, except as such enforceability the enforcement thereof may be subject to (A) limited by applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the creditors' rights of creditors generally and (B) by general principles of equity regardless of (whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding or action in equity or at law; and).
(vd) There are no actionsThe Seller is not in default with respect to any order or decree of any court or any order, suits regulation or proceedings demand of any federal, state, municipal or governmental agency, which default would materially and adversely affect the condition (financial or other) or operations of the Seller or its properties or the consequences of which would materially and adversely affect its performance hereunder and under the other Operative Documents to which the Seller is a party.
(e) No litigation is pending with respect to which the Seller has received service of process or, to the knowledge best of the Seller's knowledge, threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting the Seller, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by Seller which litigation might have consequences that would prohibit its entering into this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or (B) with respect to any other matter Operative Documents to which in the judgment of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller it is a party or that would materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, the condition (financial or otherwise, ) or operations of the Seller or its properties or might have consequences that would materially and adversely affect its ability performance hereunder and under the other Operative Documents to perform its obligations under this Agreement or which the Assignment and Assumption AgreementSeller is a party.
(bf) The representations and warranties No certificate of each Transferor with respect an officer, statement furnished in writing or report delivered pursuant to the Transferred Mortgage Loans in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as of the date of such Transfer Agreement. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach terms hereof by the Seller contains any untrue statement of such representation and warranty a material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the certificate, statement or report not misleading.
(other than a breach by g) The statements contained in the Registration Statement which describe the Seller of the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by matters or activities for which the Seller pursuant is responsible in accordance with the Operative Documents or which are attributable to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) therein are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Date, as to each, that:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at respects, and the date Registration Statement does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact with respect to the Seller required to be stated therein or dates respecting necessary to make the statements contained therein with respect to the Seller, in light of the circumstances under which such information they were made, not misleading. The Registration Statement does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact required to be stated therein or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements contained therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. There is given;no fact known to the Seller that materially adversely affects or in the future may (so far as the Seller can now reasonably foresee) materially adversely affect the Seller or the Home Equity Loans or the ownership interests therein represented by the Certificates that has not been set forth in the Registration Statement.
(iih) There are no defaults Upon the receipt of each Home Equity Loan (including the related Note) and other items of the Trust Estate by the Trustee under this Agreement, the Trust will have good title to such Home Equity Loan (including the related Note) and such other items of the Trust Estate free and clear of any lien, charge, mortgage, encumbrance or rights of others, except as set forth in Section 3.04 (b) (ix) (other than delinquency liens which will be simultaneously released).
(i) Neither the Seller nor any affiliate thereof will report on any financial statement any part of the Servicing Fee as an adjustment to the sales price of the Home Equity Loans.
(j) All actions, approvals, consents, waivers, exemptions, variances, franchises, orders, permits, authorizations, rights and licenses required to be taken, given or obtained, as the case may be, by or from any federal, state or other governmental authority or agency (other than any such actions, approvals, etc. under any state securities laws, real estate syndication or "Blue Sky" statutes, as to which the Seller makes no such representation or warranty), that are necessary or advisable in payment) in complying connection with the terms purchase and sale of any Mortgage, the Certificates and the execution and delivery by the Seller has no notice of the Operative Documents to which it is a party, have been duly taken, given or obtained, as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paid;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loansmay be, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA or FHLMC. If upon origination of a Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect on the date hereof, are not subject to any pending proceedings or appeals (administrative, judicial or otherwise) and inure either the time within which any appeal therefrom may be taken or review thereof may be obtained has expired or no review thereof may be obtained or appeal therefrom taken, and are adequate to the benefit of the Depositor upon authorize the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;Agreement and the other Operative Documents on the part of the Seller and the performance by the Seller of its obligations under this Agreement and such of the other Operative Documents to which it is a party.
(ivk) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided origination practices used by the Mortgage. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project Home Equity Loans have been, in all material respects, legal, proper, prudent and customary in the mortgage lending business.
(l) The transactions contemplated by this Agreement are in the ordinary course of business of the Seller.
(m) Neither the Trustee nor the Seller has any obligation to register the Trust as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(n) The Seller is not insolvent, nor will it be made insolvent by the transfer of the Home Equity Loans, nor is the Seller aware of any pending insolvency.
(o) The Seller received fair consideration and reasonably equivalent value in exchange for the sale of the interests in the Home Equity Loans.
(p) The Seller did not sell any interest in any Home Equity Loan with any intent to hinder, delay or defraud any of its creditors.
(q) No material adverse change affecting any security for the Class A Certificates has occurred prior to delivery of and payment for the Class A Certificates.
(r) The Seller is not in default under any agreement involving financial obligations or on any outstanding obligation which such unit is located. With would materially adversely impact the financial condition or operations of the Seller or legal documents associated with the transaction contemplated by this Agreement.
(s) To the best knowledge of the Seller, there has been no material adverse change in any information submitted by the Seller in writing to the Certificate Insurer with respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under Agreement (unless such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy information was subsequently supplemented in writing). It is understood and no prior holder agreed that the representations and warranties set forth in this Section 3.03 shall survive delivery of the related Mortgagerespective Home Equity Loans to the Trustee. Upon discovery by any of the Depositor, including the Servicer, the Custodian, any Sub-Servicer, any Owner, the Seller, has donethe Certificate Insurer or the Trustee (each, by act for purposes of this paragraph, a "party") of a breach of any of the representations and warranties set forth in this Section 3.03 which materially and adversely affects the interests of the Owners or omissionof the Certificate Insurer, anything the party discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice to the other parties. The Seller hereby covenants and agrees that would impair within 60 days of its discovery or its receipt of notice of breach, it shall cure such breach in all material respects or, with respect to a breach of clause (h) above, the coverage Seller may (or may cause an affiliate of the Seller to) on or prior to the second Monthly Remittance Date next succeeding such discovery or receipt of notice (i) substitute in lieu of any Home Equity Loan not in compliance with clause (h) a Qualified Replacement Mortgage and, if the outstanding principal amount of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best Qualified Replacement Mortgage as of the Seller’s knowledgeapplicable Replacement Cut-Off Date is less than the Loan Balance of such Home Equity Loan as of such Replacement Cut-Off Date, no foreclosure action is being threatened deliver an amount (a "Substitution Amount") equal to such difference together with the aggregate amount of (A) all Delinquency Advances and Servicing Advances theretofore made with respect to such Home Equity Loan and (B) all Delinquency Advances which the Servicer has theretofore failed to remit with respect to such Home Equity Loan to the Servicer for deposit in the Principal and Interest Account or commenced (ii) purchase such Home Equity Loan from the Trust at the Loan Purchase Price, which purchase price shall be delivered to the Servicer for deposit in the Principal and Interest Account. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) There Home Equity Loan which is not in default or as to which no proceeding pending default is imminent, no repurchase or substitution pursuant to Section 3.03, 3.04 or 3.06 shall be made unless the Seller obtains for the total Trustee and the Certificate Insurer at the Seller's expense an opinion of counsel experienced in federal income tax matters to the effect that such a repurchase or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have substitution would not constitute a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security Prohibited Transaction for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan Trust or any REMIC therein or otherwise subject the Trust or any REMIC therein to tax and would not jeopardize the status of either the Lower-Tier REMIC or the use for which Upper-Tier REMIC as a REMIC (a "REMIC Opinion") addressed to and acceptable to the premises were intended;
(x) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (Trustee and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise Certificate Insurer. The Seller shall also deliver an Officer's Certificate to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, Trustee and the lien Certificate Insurer concurrently with the delivery of the related Mortgage;
(xi) Each Transferred a Qualified Replacement Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 3.03, 3.04 and 211 3.06 stating that such Home Equity Loan meets the requirements of the National Housing Act;
definition of a Qualified Replacement Mortgage and that all other conditions to the substitution thereof have been satisfied. Any Home Equity Loan as to which repurchase or substitution was delayed pursuant to this Section shall be repurchased or substituted for (xiisubject to compliance with Section 3.03, 3.04 or 3.06, as the case may be) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at upon the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
earlier of (xiiia) As the occurrence of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) default or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period);
(xiv) As of the Closing Date, other than imminent default with respect to Retained Interest, no Transferred Mortgage such Home Equity Loan provides for interest other than at either and (ib) receipt by the Trustee and the Certificate Insurer of a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seqREMIC Opinion.); no Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act (N.M.
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Sources: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Imc Home Equity Loan Trust 1998-3)
Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that as of the Closing Date:
(i) The the Seller is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing its creation and existence and has full corporate power and authority to own its property, to carry on its business as presently conducted, conducted and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement;
(ii) The the execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller; neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions therein or herein or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof thereof or thereofhereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Seller;
(iii) The the execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby and hereby and thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;
(iv) Each of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, Depositor and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against it in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally and (B) general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and
(v) There there are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting the Seller, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or (B) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement.
(b) The representations and warranties of each the Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as of the date of such the Transfer Agreement. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a the Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than except in the case of a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made by it pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii1.04(b)(xiii) through (xvii)), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such the Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii1.04(b)(xiii) through (xvii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than except in the case of those representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix1.04(b)(xiii) and 1.04(b)(xxthrough (xvii)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans (except in the case of those representations and warranties made by it pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xiii) through (xvii)) if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such the Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such the Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Datehereunder, as to each, that:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is given;
(ii) There are no defaults (other than delinquency in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgage, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paid;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA Xxxxxx Xxx or FHLMCXxxxxxx Mac. If upon origination of a Transferred the Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) ), a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect effect, which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each In the case of approximately 97.28% and 2.72% of the Mortgage Loans (by Scheduled Principal Balance as of the Cut-off Date), the related Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien or second lien, respectively, on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) the first Mortgage, in the case of a Mortgaged Property that is secured by a perfected second lien, (2) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (23) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable Transferred such Mortgage Loan, and (34) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any In the case of approximately 97.28% of the Mortgage Loans (by Scheduled Principal Balance as of the Cut-off Date), any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) . There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(xix) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(xix) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xiixi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As will have a CLTV of 100% or less as of the Closing Date, each Transferred ;
(xii) Each Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 1.860G-2;
(determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(fxiii) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period)Each Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state and federal laws, including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiv) As of the Closing Date, other than with respect to Retained Interest, no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (i) a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seq.); no Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act (N.M.
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Sources: Mortgage Loan Sale and Assignment Agreement (Finance America Mortgage Loan Trust 2004-1)
Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that as of the Closing Date:
(i) The the Seller is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing its creation and existence and has full corporate power and authority to own its property, to carry on its business as presently conducted, conducted and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Assignment Agreements and Assumption this Agreement;
(ii) The the execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment Agreements and Assumption this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller; neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreements or this Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions therein or herein or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof thereof or thereofhereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Seller;
(iii) The the execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment Agreements and Assumption this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby and hereby and thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;
(iv) Each each of this Agreement and the Assignment Agreements and Assumption this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption AgreementAgreements, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against it in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally and (B) general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and
(v) There there are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting the Seller, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreements or this Agreement or (B) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreements or this Agreement.
(b) The representations and warranties of each Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as of the date of such Transfer Agreement. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made by it pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii(xiii), 1.04(b)(xviii(xiv), 1.04(b)(xix(xv), (xvi) and 1.04(b)(xx(xvii)) , shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii(xiii), 1.04(b)(xviii(xiv), 1.04(b)(xix(xv), (xvi) and 1.04(b)(xx(xvii) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than the any representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii(xiii), 1.04(b)(xviii(xiv), 1.04(b)(xix(xv), (xvi) and 1.04(b)(xx)(xvii) by it) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans (other than any representations and warranties made by it pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), (xiii), (xiv), (xv), (xvi) and (xvii)) if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on hereunder, as to each that, as of the Closing Date, as to each, that:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is given;
(ii) There are no defaults (other than delinquency in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgage, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paid;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA Xxxxxx Mae or FHLMCXxxxxxx Mac. If upon origination of a the Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) ), a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect effect, which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each The related Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable such Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no No foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) . There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(xix) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(xix) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xiixi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period)1.860G-2;
(xivxii) As of Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the Closing Datetime it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, other than with respect to Retained Intereststate and federal laws, including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory, abusive and fair lending laws; and, specifically, (a) no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (i) secured by a single fixed rate Mortgaged Property located in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 New Jersey is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to as defined in the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of effective November 27, 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seq.); (b) no Transferred Mortgage Loan secured by a Mortgaged Property located in New Mexico is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to as defined in the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act effective January 1, 2004 (N.M.
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Sources: Mortgage Loan Sale and Assignment Agreement (Lehman XS Trust 2007-14h)
Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that as of the Closing Date:
(i) The the Seller is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing its creation and existence and has full corporate power and authority to own its property, to carry on its business as presently conducted, conducted and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement;
(ii) The the execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller; neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or this Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions therein or herein or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof thereof or thereofhereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Seller;
(iii) The the execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby and hereby and thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;
(iv) Each each of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against it in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally and (B) general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and
(v) There there are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting the Seller, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or this Agreement or (B) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or this Agreement.
(b) The representations and warranties of each Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as of the date of such Transfer Agreement. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than except in the case of a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made by it pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii1.04(b)(xiii), 1.04(b)(xvii(xiv), 1.04(b)(xviii(xv), 1.04(b)(xix(xvi), (xvii), (xviii) and 1.04(b)(xx(xix)) ), shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii1.04(b)(xiii), 1.04(b)(xvii(xiv), 1.04(b)(xviii(xv), 1.04(b)(xix(xvi), (xvii), (xviii) and 1.04(b)(xx(xix) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than except in the case of those representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii1.04(b)(xiii), 1.04(b)(xvii(xiv), 1.04(b)(xviii(xv), 1.04(b)(xix(xvi), (xvii), (xviii) and 1.04(b)(xx(xix)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans (except in the case of those representations and warranties made by it pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xiii), (xiv), (xv), (xvi), (xvii), (xviii) and (xix)) if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Datehereunder, as to each, that, as of the Closing Date:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is given;
(ii) There are no defaults (other than delinquency in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgage, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paid;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA Fxxxxx Mae or FHLMCFxxxxxx Mac. If upon origination of a the Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) ), a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect effect, which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each In the case of approximately 93.63% and 6.37% of the Mortgage Loans (by Scheduled Principal Balance as of the Cut-off Date), the related Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien or second lien, respectively, on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) the first Mortgage, in the case of a Mortgaged Property that is secured by a perfected second lien, (2) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (23) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable such Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (34) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any In the case of approximately 93.63% of the Mortgage Loans (by Scheduled Principal Balance as of the Cut-off Date), any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no No foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) . There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(xix) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(x) [Reserved]
(xi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by will have a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company CLTV of 100% or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 less as of the National Housing ActClosing Date;
(xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period)1.860G-2;
(xivxiii) As of Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the Closing Datetime it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, other than with respect to Retained Intereststate and federal laws, including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory, abusive and fair lending laws; and, specifically, (a) no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (i) secured by a single fixed rate Mortgaged Property located in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 New Jersey is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to as defined in the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of effective November 27, 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seq.); (b) no Transferred Mortgage Loan secured by a Mortgaged Property located in New Mexico is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to as defined in the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act effective January 1, 2004 (N.M.
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Sources: Mortgage Loan Sale and Assignment Agreement (Sasco 2006-Bc2)
Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that Purchaser, as of the Closing Datedate of this Agreement or as of such other date as is specifically provided herein, as follows:
(ia) The the Seller is a corporation duly organizedacquired the Initial Investments in the ordinary course of its business, validly existing and in good standing under faith, for value and without notice of any claim against or claim to any of the laws governing its creation and existence and has full corporate power and authority to own its property, to carry on its business as presently conducted, and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement;
(ii) The execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action Initial Investments on the part of the Sellerany person; neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions herein or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof or thereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on (b) the Seller does not have any actual or its properties or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Seller;constructive knowledge or
(iiie) The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;
(iv) Each of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation agreement of the Seller Seller, enforceable against it in accordance with its respective termsterms subject, except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) enforcement of remedies, to applicable bankruptcy and bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency laws and or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the creditors' rights of creditors generally from time to time in effect, and (B) to general principles of equity regardless equity; (f) no consent, approval, authorization or order of whether such enforcement or registration or filing with, or notice to, any governmental authority or court is considered required for the execution, delivery and performance of or compliance by the Seller with this Agreement or the consummation by the Seller of any other transaction contemplated hereby; (g) no certificate of an officer furnished pursuant hereto in writing to the Purchaser or the Trustee by the Seller contains any untrue statement of a proceeding material fact, or omits a material fact necessary to make the certificate not misleading; (h) the Seller has not dealt with any broker, investment banker, or agent or other person that may be entitled to any commission or compensation in equity or at lawconnection with the sale of the Initial Investments to the Purchaser; and
(vi) There are there is no actions, suits or proceedings litigation pending or, to the knowledge Seller's knowledge, threatened against the Seller, which would reasonably be expected to affect adversely the transfer of the Initial Investments or the execution, delivery, performance or enforceability of this Agreement; (j) no default exists on the part of the Seller, threatened and no event has occurred which, with notice, lapse of time or likely both, would constitute a default on the part of the Seller in the due performance and observance of any term, covenant or condition of any agreement to be asserted against which the Seller is a party or affecting by which it is bound, which default would have a have a materially adverse effect on the Seller, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body 's performance of this Agreement;
(Ak) with respect to any the transfer of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or Initial Investments to the Assignment Purchaser will be classified as a sale under generally accepted accounting principles on the books and Assumption Agreement or records of the Seller; (Bl) with respect immediately prior to any other matter which in the judgment sale of the Initial Investments to the Purchaser, the Seller will be determined adversely the sole owner of, and will have good and marketable title to, the Initial Investments, subject to no prior lien, mortgage, security interest, pledge, charge or other encumbrance or any such encumbrance will be discharged, and on the Closing Date, the Seller shall duly and validly endorse the Initial Investments as described in Section 3 hereof and deliver the Initial Investments as described in Section 3 hereof, together with any other documents or certificates as may be required by this Agreement. Following the sale of the Initial Investments to the Seller Purchaser, the Purchaser will own such Initial Investments free and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it clear of any prior lien, mortgage, security interest, pledge, charge or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement.other encumbrance; 3
(bm) The representations the transfer, assignment and warranties of each Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as conveyance of the date of such Transfer Agreement. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made Initial Investments by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, subject to bulk transfer laws or any similar statutory provisions in effect in any applicable jurisdiction; (n) the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Date, as to each, that:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan in Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule 1 hereto is true and correct in all material respects at as of the date or dates respecting which such information is given;
Information Date; (iio) There are all conditions precedent and any restrictions upon the transfer of the Initial Investments provided for in the Underlying Agreements have been satisfied and the transfer of the Initial Investments to the Purchaser will be complete upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the parties hereto (provided that transfer of registered ownership will only be complete after the Underlying Trustees have issued new certificates, representing the Initial Investments, registered in the name of the Purchaser); (p) the Seller intends to relinquish all ownership rights in the Initial Investments sold pursuant to this Agreement; after the Closing Date, the Seller will have no defaults (other than delinquency in payment) in complying with right to the terms of any MortgageInitial Investments, and the Seller has will have no notice as right or obligation to repurchase or substitute any taxesInitial Investments; (q) the Seller's principal place of business and chief executive office are located in Los Angeles, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer California; and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paid;
(iiir) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA or FHLMC. If upon origination of a Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy Seller is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the "benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as plan investor" described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(x) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(xi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period);
(xiv) As of the Closing Date, other than with respect to Retained Interest, no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (i) a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act Department of 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seqLabor Regulations set forth in 29 C.F.R. section 2510.3-101.); no Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act (N.M.
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Sources: Initial Investments Sale Agreement (Imperial Credit Commercial Mortgage Investment Corp)
Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that as of the Closing Datedate hereof that:
(i) The Seller is a corporation duly organizednational banking association, validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing its creation and existence of the United States of America and has full corporate power and authority to own its property, to carry on its business as presently conducted, conducted and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement;
(ii) The execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller; neither none of the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof or thereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation federal stock charter or bylaws of the Seller;
(iii) The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;
(iv) Each of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against it in accordance with its respective terms, terms except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally and (B) general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and
(v) There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting the Seller, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or (B) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement.
(b) The representations and warranties of each the Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans contained in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as of the date of such the Transfer AgreementAgreement and brought forward to the Closing Date pursuant to the Bring Down Letter. The representations and warranties of the Transferor with respect to the Mortgage Loans contained in the Bring Down Letter were made as of the Closing Date. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a the Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement or Bring Down Letter and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix1.04(b)(vii) and 1.04(b)(xx1.04(b)(viii)) shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such the Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix1.04(b)(vii) and 1.04(b)(xx1.04(b)(viii) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix1.04(b)(vii) and 1.04(b)(xx1.04(b)(viii)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer AgreementAgreement or Bring Down Letter. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such the Transfer AgreementAgreement or Bring Down Letter, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such the Transfer Agreement and the Bring Down Letter by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Replacement Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-two year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Datehereunder, as to each, thatthat as of September 29, 2005:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is given;
(ii) There are As of the Closing Date, no defaults (other than delinquency Mortgage Loan is in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgage, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paidforeclosure;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA or FHLMC. If upon origination of a Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(x) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(xi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “"qualified mortgage” " within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (as determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period);
(xiv) As of the Closing Date, other than with respect to Retained Interest, no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (i) a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seq.); no Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act (N.M.
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Sources: Mortgage Loan Sale and Assignment Agreement (Wachovia Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2005-Wmc1)
Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that as of the Closing Date:
(i) The the Seller is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing its creation and existence and has full corporate power and authority to own its property, to carry on its business as presently conducted, conducted and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement;
(ii) The the execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller; neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or this Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions therein or herein or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof thereof or thereofhereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Seller;
(iii) The the execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby and hereby and thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;
(iv) Each each of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against it in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally and (B) general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and
(v) There there are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting the Seller, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or this Agreement or (B) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or this Agreement.
(b) The representations and warranties of each the Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as of the date of such the Transfer Agreement. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a the Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than except in the case of a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made by it pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii1.04(b)(xiii), 1.04(b)(xvii(xiv), 1.04(b)(xviii(xv), 1.04(b)(xix(xvi), (xvii), (xviii) and 1.04(b)(xx)(xix) shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii1.04(b)(xiii), 1.04(b)(xvii(xiv), 1.04(b)(xviii(xv), 1.04(b)(xix(xvi), (xvii), (xviii) and 1.04(b)(xx(xix) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than except in the case of those representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii1.04(b)(xiii), 1.04(b)(xvii(xiv), 1.04(b)(xviii(xv), 1.04(b)(xix(xvi), (xvii), (xviii) and 1.04(b)(xx(xix)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans (except in the case of those representations and warranties made by it pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xiii), (xiv), (xv), (xvi), (xvii), (xviii) and (xix) if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such the Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such the Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Datehereunder, as to each, that, as of the Closing Date:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is given;
(ii) There are no defaults (other than delinquency in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgage, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paid;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA Fxxxxx Mae or FHLMCFxxxxxx Mac. If upon origination of a Transferred the Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) ), a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect effect, which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each In the case of approximately 97.03% and 2.97% of the Mortgage Loans (by Scheduled Principal Balance as of the Cut-off Date), the related Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien or second lien, respectively, on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) the first Mortgage, in the case of a Mortgaged Property that is secured by a perfected second lien, (2) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (23) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable Transferred such Mortgage Loan, and (34) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any In the case of approximately 97.03% of the Mortgage Loans (by Scheduled Principal Balance as of the Cut-off Date), any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no No foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) . There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(xix) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(x) [Reserved]
(xi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by will have a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company CLTV of 100% or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 less as of the National Housing ActClosing Date;
(xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period)1.860G-2;
(xivxiii) As of the Closing Date, other than with respect to Retained Interest, no Transferred Each Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either the time it was made, complied in all material respects with applicable local, state and federal laws, including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory, abusive and fair lending laws; and, specifically, (ia) a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term of the Transferred no Mortgage Loan or (ii) secured by a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) Mortgaged Property located in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 New Jersey is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to as defined in the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of effective November 27, 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seq.); (b) no Transferred Mortgage Loan secured by a Mortgaged Property located in New Mexico is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to as defined in the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act effective January 1, 2004 (N.M.
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Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that as of the Closing Datedate hereof that:
(i) The Seller is a Delaware corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing its creation and existence and has full corporate power and authority to own its property, to carry on its business as presently conducted, conducted and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement;
(ii) The execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller; neither none of the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof or thereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation federal stock charter or bylaws of the Seller;
(iii) The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;
(iv) Each of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against it in accordance with its respective terms, terms except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally and (B) general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and
(v) There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting the Seller, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or (B) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement.
(b) The representations and warranties of each the Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans contained in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as of the date of such the Transfer AgreementAgreement and brought forward to the Closing Date pursuant to the Bring Down Letter. The representations and warranties of the Transferor with respect to the Mortgage Loans contained in the Bring Down Letter were made as of the Closing Date. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a the Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement and or Bring Down Letter (ii) whether or not such fact, condition or event would also constitute a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, ) the sole right only rights or remedy remedies of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) shall be first, the right to enforce the obligations of such the Transferor under any such applicable representation or warranty made by itit and, second, only if the Transferor is unable or unwilling to fulfill its obligation to cure or repurchase such Mortgage Loan, the Depositor shall have the right to enforce such rights against the Seller under this Agreement with respect to such representation or warranty; provided, that in the event that the Depositor has received evidence of the issuance of a Transferor Affirmation Notice, the Depositor shall only be entitled to enforce any right it has against the Transferor under the Transferor Agreement and shall not have any rights against the Seller under the Sale Agreement with respect to such representation or warranty. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix1.04(b)(vii) and 1.04(b)(xx1.04(b)(viii) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties In furtherance of the above, the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than expressly acknowledges that prior to the representations issuance of a Transferor Affirmation Notice, it shall be obligated and warranties liable to the Depositor for any breach of a representation or warranty made pursuant under the Transfer Agreement, but only after the Transferor evidences that it is unwilling or unable to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) are applicable only fulfill its contractual obligations under the Transfer Agreement. With respect to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach by the Transferor of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation Agreement or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans Bring Down Letter, if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such the Transfer Agreement and the Bring Down Letter by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Replacement Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-two year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Datehereunder, as to each, thatthat as of July 14, 2005:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is given;
(ii) There are As of the Closing Date, no defaults (other than delinquency Mortgage Loan is in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgage, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paidforeclosure;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA or FHLMC. If upon origination of a Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(x) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(xi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “"qualified mortgage” " within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (as determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period);
(xiv) As of the Closing Date, other than with respect to Retained Interest, no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (i) a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seq.); no Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act (N.M.
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Sources: Mortgage Loan Sale and Assignment Agreement (Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-3)
Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that as of Buyer on the date hereof and on the Closing DateDate that:
(ia) The Seller it is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing of the jurisdiction of its creation and existence organization, and has full corporate power and authority to own its property, to carry on its business as presently conducted, and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and consummate the Assignment and Assumption Agreementtransactions contemplated hereby;
(iib) The execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller; neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions herein or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof or thereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Seller;
(iii) The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;
(iv) Each of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller andit and constitutes its legal, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller agreement, enforceable against it in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability hereof may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the relating to creditors’ rights of creditors generally and (B) by general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and
(v) There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting the Seller, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or (B) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement.
(b) The representations and warranties of each Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as of the date of such Transfer Agreement. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Date, as to each, that:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is givenequitable principles;
(iic) There are no defaults (other than delinquency in payment) in complying with it is the terms lawful owner, beneficially and of any Mortgagerecord, of its portion of the Purchased Interest, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paid;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA or FHLMC. If upon origination of a Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this sale and delivery of such portion of the Purchased Interest hereunder, the relevant Class AQ Units shall be free and clear of all liens, claims, restrictions and other encumbrances, other than those arising under the Partnership Agreement;
(ivd) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor it has full right legal right, power and authority to sell and assign deliver the same Purchased Interest to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan Buyer pursuant to this Agreement;
(viie) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion the sale of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator its portion of the Transferred Mortgage LoanPurchased Interest to the Buyer pursuant to this Agreement is made in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations and does not breach or violate any contract or agreement to which it is a party or by which it or its portion of the Purchased Interest is bound;
(f) it has not sold or transferred its portion of the Purchased Interest, any portion thereof or any interest therein to any other person, and no other person has any right or option to acquire its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien portion of the Mortgage Purchased Interest, or any portion thereof or any interest therein; and
(g) neither it nor any of its affiliates, nor any of their respective officers, directors or employees has employed any broker or finder or incurred any liability for any brokerage fees, commissions, or finder’s fees in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership connection with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder Agreement except for the brokers who are compensated in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;Business Combination Transaction.
(viiih) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no foreclosure action it acknowledges that it is being threatened or commenced a sophisticated seller with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation purchase, sale and valuation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in securities such as the case of any Cooperative LoanPurchased Interest, the related cooperative unit) shares of Common Stock and each such property is undamaged by wastethe New Parent Shares. Additionally, fireit acknowledges that it has adequate information concerning the Purchased Interest, earthquake or earth movementthe shares of Common Stock and the New Parent Shares, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on and the value business and financial condition of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(x) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (Partnership and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate withits affiliates, the lien Issuer and New Parent to make an informed decision regarding the sale of the related Mortgage;
(xi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings Purchased Interest and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 acquisition of the National Housing Act;
(xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at shares of Common Stock and the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, stateNew Parent Shares, and federal laws includinghas independently and without reliance upon the Partnership, but not limited toand based upon such information as it has deemed appropriate, all applicable predatory made its own analysis and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As decision to sell the Purchased Interest and acquire the shares of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code Common Stock and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period);
(xiv) As of the Closing Date, other than with respect to Retained Interest, no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (i) a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seqParent Shares.); no Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act (N.M.
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Representations and Warranties of the Seller. 2.1 The Seller warrants, covenants and represents to the Purchaser that:
(a) The immediately prior to and at the Closing, the Seller hereby represents shall be the legal and warrants to beneficial owner of the Depositor that as of Purchased Shares and on the Closing Date:, the Seller shall transfer to the Purchaser the Purchased Shares free and clear of all liens, restrictions, covenants or adverse claims of any kind or character;
(ib) The the Seller is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under has the laws governing its creation and existence and has full corporate legal power and authority to own its property, to carry on its business as presently conducted, execute and to enter into and perform its obligations under deliver this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement;
(ii) The execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller; neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions herein or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof or thereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Seller;
(iii) The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior documents required to the date hereof;
(iv) Each of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement has been duly be executed and delivered by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution hereunder and delivery by to consummate the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against it in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally and (B) general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at lawtransactions contemplated hereby; and
(vc) There the Seller is, or has been during the past ninety (90) days, an officer, director, 10% or greater shareholder or "affiliate" of the Company, as that term is defined in Rule 144 promulgated under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act");
(d) to the best of the knowledge, information and belief of the Seller there are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, circumstances that may result in any material adverse effect to the knowledge Company or the value of the Purchased Shares that are now in existence or may hereafter arise;
(e) as of the Closing Date the Seller shall not be indebted to the Company and the Company shall not be indebted to the Seller;
(f) the Seller does not now, nor will it prior to or on the Closing Date, own, either directly or indirectly, or exercise direction or control over any common shares of the Company other than the Purchased Shares;
(g) the Seller agrees to execute and deliver such other documents and to perform such other acts as shall be necessary to effectuate the purposes of this Agreement; and
(h) there are no claims threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting the SellerCompany nor are there any actions, suits, judgments, proceedings or investigations pending or, threatened against or affecting the Company, at law or in equity, before or by any courtCourt, administrative agency, arbitrator agency or other tribunal or any governmental body (A) with respect to authority or any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or (B) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreementlegal basis for same.
(b) The representations and warranties of each Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as of the date of such Transfer Agreement. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Date, as to each, that:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing as of the Transferred Mortgage Loansclosing, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on liabilities of the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the date Company whether accrued, contingent or dates respecting which such information is given;
(ii) There are no defaults (other otherwise, shall be less than delinquency in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgage, $2,000.00; and the Seller has no notice as to will fully satisfy any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paid;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements outstanding liability of the guidelines of FNMA or FHLMC. If upon origination of a Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere Company with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(x) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(xi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period);
(xiv) As of the Closing Date, other than with respect to Retained Interest, no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (i) a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seq.); no Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act (N.M.Purchase Price
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Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that Purchaser, as of the Closing DateDate (or if otherwise specified below, as of the date so specified):
(a) As to the Seller:
(i) The Seller is a corporation national banking association duly organized, organized and validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing its creation of the United States of America and existence and is in compliance with the laws of each state in which any Mortgaged Property is located to the extent necessary to ensure the enforceability of each Mortgage Loan;
(ii) The Seller has full corporate the power and authority to own its propertymake, to carry on its business as presently conductedexecute, and to enter into deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Assignment transactions contemplated under this Agreement, and Assumption has taken all necessary corporate action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement;
(iiiii) The execution and delivery by Seller is not required to obtain the Seller consent of any other Person or any consents, licenses, approvals or authorizations from, or registrations or declarations with, any governmental authority, bureau or agency in connection with the execution, delivery, performance, validity or enforceability of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement Agreement, except for such consents, licenses, approvals or authorizations, or registrations or declarations, as shall have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on obtained or filed, as the part of the Seller; neither the case may be;
(iv) The execution and delivery of this Agreement or by the Assignment Seller and Assumption Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions herein or therein contemplated, nor its performance and compliance with the provisions hereof terms of this Agreement will not violate the Seller's Articles of Association or thereofBylaws or constitute a material default (or an event which, will conflict with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a material default) under, or result in a the material breach of, any material contract, agreement or constitute other instrument to which the Seller is a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree party or order binding on which may be applicable to the Seller or any of its properties or assets;
(v) There is no pending or, to the certificate of incorporation or bylaws best of the Seller's knowledge, threatened, actions, suits, proceedings or investigations before any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body that, if decided adversely, would materially and adversely affect (A) the condition (financial or otherwise), business or operations of the Seller, (B) the ability of the Seller to perform its obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of, the Basic Documents to which it is a party or (C) the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iiivi) The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this This Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;
(iv) Each of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Seller Seller, enforceable against it the Seller in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) limited by applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights in general, as they may be applied in the rights context of creditors generally the insolvency of a national banking association, and by general equity principles (B) general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), and by public policy considerations underlying the securities laws, to the extent that such public policy considerations limit the enforceability of the provisions of this Agreement which purport to provide indemnification from liabilities under applicable securities laws;
(vii) This Agreement constitutes a valid transfer and assignment to the Purchaser of all right, title and interest of the Seller in and to the Mortgage Loans, including the Cut-Off Date Principal Balances now existing and all Additional Balances thereafter arising to and including the day immediately preceding the Rapid Amortization Period, all monies due or to become due with respect thereto, and all proceeds of such Cut-Off Date Principal Balances with respect to the Mortgage Loans; and
(vviii) There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting the Seller, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) The Seller is not in default with respect to any order or decree of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement any court or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement any order, regulation or (B) with respect to demand of any other matter federal, state, municipal or governmental agency, which in the judgment of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller default might have consequences that would materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, the condition (financial or otherwise, ) or operations of the Seller or its properties or might have consequences that would materially adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreementperformance hereunder.
(b) The representations and warranties of As to each Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made Loan (except as otherwise specified below) as of the date of such Transfer Agreement. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii), 1.04(b)(xvii), 1.04(b)(xviii), 1.04(b)(xix) and 1.04(b)(xx)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Date, as to each, that:
(i) The information pertaining to each Mortgage Loan set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on in the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of delivered by the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is Seller was true and correct in all material respects at as of the date or dates respecting which such information is giveninitially furnished;
(ii) There are no defaults (Each Mortgaged Property is improved by a residential dwelling, which, to the best of the Seller's knowledge, does not constitute property other than delinquency in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgage, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paidreal property under state law;
(iii) Except in Each Mortgage Loan is being serviced by the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, Seller and there was only one originally executed Loan Agreement not stamped as a duplicate copy with respect to each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA or FHLMC. If upon origination of a Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) Each The Loan Agreement with respect to each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescissionLoan bears an adjustable Loan Rate;
(v) Each Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositorherein contemplated, the Seller held good and indefeasible title to, and was the sole owner of, each Mortgage Loan conveyed by the Seller subject to no liens (other than, with respect to any Mortgage Loan in a (A) second lien position, the lien of record the related first mortgage and holder (B) third lien position, the lien of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, the related first mortgage and the Seller had good and marketable title theretorelated second mortgage), and has full right to charges, mortgages, encumbrances or rights of others or other liens which will not be released simultaneously with such transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, assignment and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, under all governmental and regulatory bodies having jurisdiction over the ownership of the applicable Mortgage Loans to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan the same pursuant to this Agreement;
(viivi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan To the best of the Seller's knowledge, there is no delinquent recording or other than tax or fee or assessment lien on any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title Mortgaged Property, and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related each Mortgaged Property is located free of material damage and is in good repair;
(vii) No Mortgage Loan is subject to any right of rescission, valid set-off, counterclaim or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form defense, including the defense of policy usury, nor will the operation of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator any of the Transferred terms of the Loan Agreement or the Mortgage relating to any Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assignsor the exercise of any right thereunder, as to the first priority lien of the render either such Loan Agreement or such Mortgage unenforceable in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (whole or in part, or subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policyright of rescission, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policyset-off, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgagecounterclaim or defense, including the Sellerdefense of usury, and no such right of rescission, set-off, counterclaim or defense has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policybeen asserted with respect thereto;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced each Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.applicable local, state and federal laws, including, without limitation, usury, equal credit opportunity, disclosure and recording laws;
(ix) A policy of hazard insurance and flood insurance, if applicable, was required from the Mortgagor for the Mortgage Loan when the Mortgage Loan was originated;
(x) Each Mortgage Loan is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the maker thereof and is enforceable in accordance with its terms, except only as such enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally and by general principles of equity (whether considered in a proceeding or action in equity or at law);
(xi) No Mortgage Loan is subject to the Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act of 1994 or any comparable state law. Furthermore, no Mortgage Loan either currently has, or in the future will have, single premium life provisions as part of the Loan Agreement;
(xii) Each Mortgage Loan has an associated CLTV of no higher than 100%;
(xiii) There is no proceeding pending or threatened for the total or partial condemnation of the Mortgaged Property, nor is such a proceeding currently occurring;
(xiv) The related Loan Agreement is not and has not been secured by any collateral, pledged account or other security except the lien of the corresponding Mortgage;
(xv) With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the related Mortgage File contains or will contain each of the documents and instruments specified to be included therein;
(xvi) With respect to each Mortgage Loan that is not a first mortgage loan, either (i) no consent for the Mortgage Loan is required by the holder or holders of the related prior lien, (ii) such consent has been obtained and is contained in the related Mortgage File or (iii) no consent for the Mortgage Loan was required by relevant law;
(xvii) The Mortgaged Property is located in the state identified in the Mortgage Loan Schedule and consists of a single parcel of real property with a residential dwelling erected thereon;
(orxviii) The related Mortgage contains customary and enforceable (subject to clause (x)) 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 any Cooperative Loana Mortgage designated as a deed of trust, the related cooperative unitby trustee’s sale, and (ii) and each such property otherwise by judicial foreclosure. There is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado no homestead or other casualty, so as exemption available to have a material adverse effect on the value of Mortgagor which would materially interfere with the related right to sell the Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan at a trustee’s sale or the use for which right to foreclose the premises were intendedMortgage;
(xxix) There To the best of the Seller's knowledge, there is no default, breach, violation or event of acceleration existing under the Mortgage or the related Loan Agreement and no 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; and the Seller has not waived any default, breach, violation or event of acceleration;
(xx) At origination, each Mortgage Loan has a draw period of not less than 60 months;
(xxi) The Loan Agreement with respect to each Mortgage Loan bears an adjustable Loan Rate with an index plus a margin that equals a rate per annum of no less than Prime minus 1.000%;
(xxii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, there are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are are, or may be liens prior or equal to, or equal or coordinate subordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage, except liens which are fully insured against by a title insurance policy referred to in clause (xxiv) below;
(xixxiii) Each Transferred As of the Cut-Off Date, no Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company 30 days or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal more delinquent in payment of principal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Actinterest;
(xiixxiv) A title search or other assurance of title customary in the relevant jurisdiction was obtained with respect to each Mortgage Loan;
(xxv) Each Transferred original Mortgage was recorded, and all subsequent assignments of the original Mortgage (other than the Assignments of Mortgage delivered pursuant to Section 2.1(d)(iii)) have been recorded in the appropriate jurisdictions wherein such recordation is necessary to perfect the lien thereof (or are in the process of being recorded in accordance with local law);
(xxvi) The Seller has not transferred the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser with any intent to hinder, delay or defraud any of its creditors;
(xxvii) No selection procedure reasonably believed by the Seller to be adverse to the interests of the Securityholders was utilized in selecting the Mortgage Loans;
(xxviii) The Minimum Monthly Payment with respect to any Mortgage Loan is not less than the interest accrued at the time it was made complied applicable Loan Rate on the average daily Principal Balance during the interest period relating to the date on which such Minimum Monthly Payment is due;
(xxix) The Seller has not received a notice of default of any senior mortgage loan related to a Mortgaged Property which has not been cured by a party other than the Seller;
(xxx) No instrument of release or waiver has been executed in connection with the Mortgage Loans, and no Mortgagor has been released, in whole or in part, from its obligations in connection therewith;
(xxxi) Each Mortgage Loan has been originated by the Seller in compliance in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period);
(xiv) As of the Closing Date, other than with respect to Retained Interest, no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (i) a single fixed rate Seller’s internal underwriting policies as in effect throughout on the term date of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning origination of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Transferred such Mortgage Loan;
(xvxxxii) Other than provisions relating to “promotional Finance Charges” and "promotional Advances," as each such term is used in the related Loan Agreements, or any similar terms used in any of the related Loan Agreements, there are no provisions in any of the related Loan Agreements that would interfere with the allocation provisions of the second sentence of Section 2.4;
(xxxiii) No “Promotional Advances,” as such term is used in the related Loan Agreements or any other similar type of advance that would be entitled to an allocation of payment contrary to the second sentence of Section 2.4 will be extended under any Mortgage Loan after the date on which the Rapid Amortization Period commences;
(xxxiv) None of the Mortgage Notes that constitute or evidence the Mortgage Loans has any marks or notations indicating that they have been pledged, assigned or otherwise conveyed to any Person other than the Purchaser;
(xxxv) None of the Mortgage Loans are “home loans” or “covered home loans” as defined in the Georgia Fair Lending Act, as amended;
(xxxvi) As of the Closing Cut-Off Date, no Transferred the minimum CLTV of a Mortgage Loan is 2.00%, the subject highest CLTV of pending or final foreclosure proceedingsa Mortgage Loan is 100.00% and the weighted average CLTV for the Mortgage Loans is approximately 77.68%;
(xvixxxvii) As of the Closing Cut-Off Date, based on delinquencies in payment on no more than approximately 18.87% of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loanby Cut-Off Date Principal Balance, are secured by Mortgaged Properties which may have been appraised using a statistical property evaluation method provided by CASA®;
(xviixxxviii) No Transferred As of the Cut-Off Date, no more than approximately 1.50% of the Mortgage Loans, by Cut-Off Date Principal Balance, are secured by Mortgaged Properties which may have been appraised using a statistical property evaluation method provided by vendors other than CASA;
(xxxix) As of the Cut-Off Date, the Loan Rates on the Mortgage Loans range between 3.750% per annum and 9.850% per annum. As of the Cut-Off Date, the weighted average Loan Rate for the Mortgage Loans is approximately 4.799% per annum; (xl) As of the Cut-Off Date, no more than approximately 21.81%, 19.13%, 13.65%, 12.89% and 10.51% of the Mortgage Loans, by Cut-Off Date Principal Balance, are secured by Mortgaged Properties located in Florida, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Virginia, respectively;
(A) Each Mortgaged Property consists of a “highsingle parcel of real property with a single family or multi-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” family residence erected thereon, or “predatory” loan under any applicable federalan individual condominium unit, state a manufactured housing unit or local predatory or abusive lending law agricultural property with a residence erected thereon. (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject B) With respect to the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2003 Mortgage Loans, (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seq.); no Transferred Mortgage Loan is a) approximately 4.49% (by Cut-Off Date Principal Balance) are secured by real property improved by individual condominium units, (b) approximately 91.96% (by Cut-Off Date Principal Balance) are secured by real property with a “Highsingle family residence erected thereon, (c) approximately 3.39% (by Cut-Cost Home Loan” subject to the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act Off Date Principal Balance) are secured by real property with a multi-family residence erected thereon, (N.M.d) approximately 0.15% (by Cut-Off Date Principal Balance) are secured by real property improved by manufactured housing and (e) approximately 0.01% are secured by agricultural property with a residence thereon;
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Sources: Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement (Wachovia Asset Securitization Inc 2002 He2 Trust)
Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that as of the Closing Date:
(i) The the Seller is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing its creation and existence and has full corporate power and authority to own its property, to carry on its business as presently conducted, conducted and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement;
(ii) The the execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller; neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or this Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions therein or herein or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof thereof or thereofhereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Seller;
(iii) The the execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby and hereby and thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;
(iv) Each each of this Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Bank, in the case of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and the Depositor, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against it in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally and (B) general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and
(v) There there are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened or likely to be asserted against or affecting the Seller, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or this Agreement or (B) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or this Agreement.
(b) The representations and warranties of each Transferor with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans in the applicable Transfer Agreement were made as of the date of such Transfer Agreement. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Transferred Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of a the Transferor under the applicable Transfer Agreement and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under this Agreement, the sole right or remedy of the Depositor with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty (other than except in the case of a breach by the Seller of the representations and warranties made by it pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii1.04(b)(xiii), 1.04(b)(xvii(xiv), 1.04(b)(xviii(xv), 1.04(b)(xix(xvi), (xvii) and 1.04(b)(xx(xviii)) ), shall be the right to enforce the obligations of such Transferor under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii1.04(b)(xiii), 1.04(b)(xvii(xiv), 1.04(b)(xviii(xv), 1.04(b)(xix(xvi), (xvii) and 1.04(b)(xx(xviii) shall be direct obligations of the Seller. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Section 1.04(b) (other than except in the case of those representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xii1.04(b)(xiii), 1.04(b)(xvii(xiv), 1.04(b)(xviii(xv), 1.04(b)(xix(xvi), (xvii) and 1.04(b)(xx(xviii)) are applicable only to facts, conditions or events that do not constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in the applicable Transfer Agreement. The Seller shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans (except in the case of those representations and warranties made by it pursuant to Sections 1.04(b)(xiii), (xiv), (xv), (xvi), (xvii) and (xviii)) if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty made by the related Transferor in such Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty; provided, however, that if the related Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of such Transfer Agreement by substituting for the affected Mortgage Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the two-year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Transferred Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants upon delivery of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor hereunder on the Closing Datehereunder, as to each, that, as of the Closing Date:
(i) The information set forth with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Transferred Mortgage Loans, and the information with respect to each Transferred Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is given;
(ii) There are no defaults (other than delinquency in payment) in complying with the terms of any Mortgage, and the Seller has no notice as to any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing but which have not been paid;
(iii) Except in the case of Cooperative Loans, if any, each Mortgage requires all buildings or other improvements on the related Mortgaged Property to be insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the guidelines of FNMA Fxxxxx Mxx or FHLMCFxxxxxx Mac. If upon origination of a the Transferred Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) ), a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is in effect effect, which policy conforms to the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration. Each Mortgage obligates the related Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, each Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) Each Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(v) Each In the case of approximately 98.71% and 1.29% of the Mortgage Loans (by Scheduled Principal Balance as of the Cut-off Date), the related Mortgage evidences a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien or second lien, respectively, on the related Mortgaged Property (including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property). The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to: (1) the first Mortgage, in the case of a Mortgaged Property that is secured by a perfected second lien, (2) liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (23) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the lender’s Title Insurance Policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered to the originator of the applicable such Transferred Mortgage Loan, and (34) such other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. Any In the case of approximately 98.71% of the Mortgage Loans (by Scheduled Principal Balance as of the Cut-off Date), any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with, a Transferred Mortgage Loan establishes a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the property described therein and the Depositor has full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee;
(vi) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Transferred Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of record and holder of each Transferred Mortgage Loan, and the Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell each Transferred Mortgage Loan to the Depositor free and clear, except as described in paragraph (v) above, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Transferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan other than any Cooperative Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title the form and substance of which is generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions originating mortgage loans in the locality where the related Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA mortgagee Mortgagee Title Insurance Policy or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the originator of the Transferred Mortgage Loan, and its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Transferred Mortgage Loan (subject only to the exceptions described in paragraph (v) above). If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit located in a state in which a title insurer will generally issue an endorsement, then the related Title Insurance Policy contains an endorsement insuring the validity of the creation of the condominium form of ownership with respect to the project in which such unit is located. With respect to any Title Insurance Policy, the originator is the sole insured of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy, such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and will inure to the benefit of the Depositor upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no claims have been made under such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such mortgagee Title Insurance Policy;
(viii) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no No foreclosure action is being threatened or commenced with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan.
(ix) . There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property (or, in the case of any Cooperative Loan, the related cooperative unit) and each such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the related Transferred Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(xix) There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(x) [Reserved]
(xi) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan was originated by will have a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company CLTV of 100% or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 less as of the National Housing ActClosing Date;
(xii) Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, each Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2 (determined without regard to Treas. Reg. §1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a temporary period)1.860G-2;
(xivxiii) As of Each Transferred Mortgage Loan at the Closing Datetime it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, other than with respect to Retained Intereststate and federal laws, including, but not limited to, all applicable predatory, abusive and fair lending laws; and, specifically, (a) no Transferred Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (i) secured by a single fixed rate Mortgaged Property located in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan or (ii) a single “variable rate” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xv) As of the Closing Date, no Transferred Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure proceedings;
(xvi) As of the Closing Date, based on delinquencies in payment on the Transferred Mortgage Loans, the Seller would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Transferred Mortgage Loan prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Transferred Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) No Transferred Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost,” “high-cost home,” “covered,” “high-risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); no Transferred Mortgage Loan originated on or after November 27, 2003 New Jersey is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to as defined in the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of effective November 27, 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et seq.); (b) no Transferred Mortgage Loan secured by a Mortgaged Property located in New Mexico is a “High-Cost Home Loan” subject to as defined in the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act effective January 1, 2004 (N.M.
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