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EXECUTION
AMENDMENT NO. 11 TO
MASTER REPURCHASE AGREEMENT
Amendment No. 11 to Master Repurchase Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2023 (this “Amendment”), among ATLAS SECURITIZED PRODUCTS, L.P. (“Atlas”, the “Administrative Agent” and a “Buyer”), ATLAS SECURITIZED PRODUCTS INVESTMENTS 3, L.P. (“Investments 3” and a “Buyer”), ATLAS SECURITIZED PRODUCTS FUNDING 2, L.P. (“Funding 2” and a “Buyer”), NEXERA HOLDING LLC (“Nexera” and a “Buyer”, and together with Atlas, Investments 3 and Funding 2, the “Buyers”) and LOANDEPOT.COM, LLC (the “Seller”).
RECITALS
The Administrative Agent, Buyers and the Seller are parties to that certain (i) Master Repurchase Agreement, dated as of March 10, 2017 (as amended by Amendment No. 1, dated as of August 11, 2017, Amendment No. 2, dated as of January 31, 2018, Amendment No. 3, dated as of April 8, 2019, Amendment No. 4, dated as of February 26, 2020, Amendment No. 5, dated as of September 25, 2020, Amendment No. 6, dated as of March 1, 2021, Amendment No. 7, dated as of May 21, 2021, Amendment No. 8, dated as of July 20, 2021, Amendment No. 9, dated as of February 16, 2022, Amendment No. 10, dated as of October 31, 2022 and that certain Omnibus Assignment, Assumption and Amendment, dated as of March 16, 2023, the “Existing Repurchase Agreement”; and as further amended by this Amendment, the “Repurchase Agreement”) and (ii) Amended and Restated Pricing Side Letter, dated as of May 21, 2021 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Pricing Side Letter”). Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Repurchase Agreement or Pricing Side Letter, as applicable.
The Administrative Agent, the Buyers and the Seller have agreed, subject to the terms and conditions of this Amendment, that the Existing Repurchase Agreement be amended to reflect certain agreed upon revisions to the terms of the Existing Repurchase Agreement.
Accordingly, the Administrative Agent, the Buyers and the Seller hereby agree, in consideration of the mutual promises and mutual obligations set forth herein, that the Existing Repurchase Agreement is hereby amended as follows:
SECTION 1.Amendment to the Existing Repurchase Agreement. Effective as of the date hereof, the Existing Repurchase Agreement is hereby amended to delete the stricken text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: stricken text) and to add the double-underlined text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: double-underlined text) as set forth in Exhibit A hereto. The parties hereto further acknowledge and agree that Exhibit A constitutes the Repurchase Agreement as amended and modified by the terms set forth herein.
SECTION 2.Authorized Representatives. The Existing Repurchase Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the Authorized Representatives for the Seller on Schedule 2 thereof and replacing them with Exhibit B hereto.
SECTION 3.Conditions Precedent. This Amendment shall become effective as of the date hereof (the “Amendment Effective Date”), subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:
3.1Delivered Documents. On the Amendment Effective Date, the Administrative Agent on behalf of Buyers shall have received the following documents, each of which shall be satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in form and substance:
(a)this Amendment, executed and delivered by the duly authorized officers of the Administrative Agent, Buyers, and the Seller;
(b)Amendment No. 14 to the Pricing Side Letter, executed and delivered by the duly authorized officers of the Administrative Agent, Buyers, and the Seller; and
(c)such other documents as the Administrative Agent or counsel to the Administrative Agent may reasonably request.
SECTION 4.Representations and Warranties. The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and Buyers that it is in compliance with all the terms and provisions set forth in the Repurchase Agreement on Seller’s part to be observed or performed, and that no Event of Default has occurred or is continuing, and Seller hereby confirms and reaffirms the representations and warranties contained in Section 13 of the Repurchase Agreement as of the date hereof are true and correct in all material respects, except to the extent such representations relate to a date prior to the date hereof, in which case the representations and warranties are true and correct in all material respects as of such date.
SECTION 5.Limited Effect. Except as expressly amended and modified by this Amendment, the Existing Repurchase Agreement shall continue to be, and shall remain, in full force and effect in accordance with its terms.
SECTION 6.Severability. Each provision and agreement herein shall be treated as separate and independent from any other provision or agreement herein and shall be enforceable notwithstanding the unenforceability of any such other provision or agreement.
SECTION 7.Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed by each of the parties hereto on any number of separate counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Amendment in a Portable Document Format (PDF) or by facsimile shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed original counterpart of this Amendment. The parties agree that this Amendment, any addendum or amendment hereto or any other document necessary for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Amendment may be accepted, executed or agreed to through the use of an electronic signature in accordance with the E-Sign, UETA and any applicable state law. Any document accepted, executed or agreed to in conformity with such laws will be binding on all parties hereto to the same extent as if it were physically executed and each party hereby consents to the use of any secure third party electronic signature capture service providers with appropriate document access tracking, electronic signature tracking and document retention as may be approved by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion.
SECTION 8.GOVERNING LAW. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REFERENCE TO THE CHOICE OF LAW PROVISIONS THEREOF.
[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused their names to be signed hereto by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the day and year first above written.
ATLAS SECURITIZED PRODUCTS, L.P., as Administrative Agent and a Buyer
By: Atlas Securitized Products GP, LLC, its general partner
By: /s/ Margaret Dellafera
Name: Margaret Dellafera
Title: Managing Director
ATLAS SECURITIZED PRODUCTS
FUNDING 2, L.P., as a Buyer
By: Atlas Securitized BKR 2, L.P., its general partner
By: Atlas Securitized FundingCo GP LLC, its general partner
By: /s/ Margaret Dellafera
Name: Margaret Dellafera
Title: Managing Director
ATLAS SECURITIZED PRODUCTS
INVESTMENTS 3, L.P., as a Buyer
By: Atlas Securitized Products GP, LLC, its general partner
By: /s/ Margaret Dellafera
Name: Margaret Dellafera
Title: Managing Director
Signature Page to Amendment No. 11 to Master Repurchase Agreement
NEXERA HOLDING LLC, as a Buyer
By: /s/ Steve Abreu
Name: Steve Abreu
Title: CEO
Signature Page to Amendment No. 11 to Master Repurchase Agreement
LOANDEPOT.COM, LLC, as Seller
By:/s/ David Hayes
Name: David Hayes
Title: Chief Financial Officer
Signature Page to Amendment No. 11 to Master Repurchase Agreement
Exhibit A
REPURCHASE AGREEMENT
(See attached)
CONFORMED THROUGH AMENDMENT NO. 11
MASTER REPURCHASE AGREEMENT
ATLAS SECURITIZED PRODUCTS, L.P., as administrative agent
(“Administrative Agent”) and as a buyer (a “Buyer”),
ATLAS SECURITIZED PRODUCTS FUNDING 2, L.P. (a “Buyer”), ATLAS SECURITIZED PRODUCTS INVESTMENTS 3, L.P. (a “Buyer”), NEXERA HOLDING LLC (a “Buyer”), and other Buyers from time to time (“Buyers”),
and
LOANDEPOT.COM, LLC, as seller (“Seller”)
Dated March 10, 2017
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SCHEDULES
Schedule 1 – Representations and Warranties with Respect to Purchased Mortgage Loans
Schedule 2 – Authorized Representatives
EXHIBITS
Exhibit A – Reserved
Exhibit B – Reserved
Exhibit C – Reserved
Exhibit D – Form of Power of Attorney
Exhibit E – Reserved
Exhibit F – Reserved
Exhibit G – Reserved
Exhibit H – Reserved
Exhibit I – Escrow Instruction Letter
Exhibit J – Form of Servicer Notice
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This is a MASTER REPURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated as of March 10, 2017, by and between ATLAS SECURITIZED PRODUCTS, L.P. (“Atlas”, the “Administrative Agent” and a “Buyer”) on behalf of Buyers, including but not limited to ATLAS SECURITIZED PRODUCTS FUNDING 2, L.P. (“Funding 2” and a “Buyer”), ATLAS SECURITIZED PRODUCTS INVESTMENTS 3, L.P. (“Investments 3” and a “Buyer”), NEXERA HOLDING LLC (“Nexera”, a “Buyer” and together with Atlas, Funding 2 and Investments 3, the “Buyers”) and LOANDEPOT.COM, LLC (“Seller”).
1.Applicability
From time to time the parties hereto may enter into transactions in which Seller agrees to transfer to Administrative Agent on behalf of Buyers certain Purchased Assets (as hereinafter defined) on a servicing released basis against the transfer of funds by Administrative Agent, with a simultaneous agreement by Administrative Agent on behalf of Buyers to transfer to Seller such Purchased Assets on a servicing released basis at a date certain or on demand, against the transfer of funds by Seller. Each such transaction shall be referred to herein as a “Transaction” and, unless otherwise agreed in writing, shall be governed by this Agreement, including any supplemental terms or conditions contained in any annexes identified herein, as applicable hereunder. For the avoidance of doubt, and for administrative and tracking purposes, (a) the purchase and sale of each Purchased Mortgage Loan shall be deemed a separate Transaction and (b) with respect to each Designated Mortgage Loan, such Designated Mortgage Loan may, at Buyers’ option, be sold to different Buyers on a pro rata basis, such that one Buyer pays the Purchase Price-Base and other Buyers pay the Purchase Price-Incremental 1 and Purchase Price-Incremental 2, as applicable, and, in which case, the Administrative Agent shall own the Designated Mortgage Loan, for the benefit of the purchasing Buyers, on a pro rata, pari passu basis.
This Agreement is a commitment by Committed Buyer and/or Administrative Agent on behalf of Committed Buyer to engage in the Transactions the subject of which are Purchased Mortgage Loans up to the Maximum Committed Amount. In no event shall the Committed Buyer and/or Administrative Agent on behalf of Committed Buyer have any commitment to enter into any Transaction requested that would result in the aggregate Purchase Price of then-outstanding Transactions to exceed the Maximum Committed Amount. For the avoidance of doubt, Transactions attributed to the Maximum Committed Amount shall solely be attributed to the Committed Buyer and Atlas, in its capacity as a buyer, Funding 2, and Nexera shall have no commitment hereunder to enter into Transactions
2.Definitions
Whenever used in this Agreement, the following words and phrases, unless the context otherwise requires, shall have the following meanings; provided that any terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Pricing Side Letter:
“1934 Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.
“Additional Buyers” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 35 hereof.
“Acceptable State” means any state acceptable pursuant to Seller’s Underwriting Guidelines.
“Accepted Servicing Practices” means, with respect to any Mortgage Loan, those mortgage servicing practices of prudent mortgage lending institutions (including as set forth in the GNMA Guide, the FHA Regulations and the VA Regulations) which service mortgage loans of the same type as such Mortgage Loan in the jurisdiction where the related
Mortgaged Property is located, and which are in accordance with the applicable Agency servicing practices and procedures for mortgage-backed security pool mortgages as set forth in the applicable Agency guides, including future updates.
“Act of Insolvency” means, with respect to any Person, (a) the filing of a petition by such Person commencing, or authorizing the commencement of any case or proceeding, or the voluntary joining by such Person of any case or proceeding under any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, liquidation, dissolution or similar law relating to the protection of creditors, or suffering by such Person of any such petition or proceeding to be commenced by another which is consented to, not timely contested or results in entry of an order for relief; (b) the seeking of the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian or similar official for such Person or any substantial part of the property of such Person; (c) the appointment of a receiver, conservator, or manager for such Person by any governmental agency or authority having the jurisdiction to do so; (d) the making or offering by such Person of a composition with its creditors or a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; (e) the admission by such Person of its inability to pay its debts or discharge its obligations as they become due or mature; or (f) that any governmental authority or agency or any person, agency or entity acting or purporting to act under governmental authority shall have taken any action to condemn, seize or appropriate, or to assume custody or control of, all or any substantial part of the property of such Person, or shall have taken any action to displace the management of such Person or to curtail its authority in the conduct of the business of such Person.
“Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR” means an interest rate per annum equal to (i) Daily Simple SOFR, plus (ii) the Benchmark Adjustment.
“Adjusted Tangible Net Worth” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Pricing Side Letter.
“Administration Agreement” means that certain Repo Administration and Allocation Agreement, dated March 10, 2017, by and among Seller, CSFBMC as administrative agent and certain Buyers identified therein, as amended from time to time.
“Administrative Agent” means CSFBMC or any successor thereto under the Administration Agreement.
“Affiliate” shall mean with respect to any specified entity, any other entity controlling or controlled by or under common control with such specified entity. For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to a specified entity means the power to direct the management and policies of such entity, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise, and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” having meanings correlative to the foregoing. For removal of doubt, any joint venture for which any Seller Party or LD Holdings Group LLC owns less than fifty percent (50%) of the equity interests therein shall not be considered an Affiliate for purposes of this Agreement or any other Program Agreement.
“Agency-Required eNote Legend” means the legend or paragraph required by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac, as applicable, to be set forth in the text of an eNote, which includes the provisions set forth on Exhibit Q to the Custodial Agreement, as may be amended from time to time by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac, as applicable.
“Agency” means Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae or GNMA, as applicable.
“Agency Approvals” means approval by GNMA as an approved issuer, by FHA as an approved mortgagee, by VA as an approved VA lender, in each case in good
standing, by Fannie Mae as an approved lender and Freddie Mac as an approved seller/servicer, and, to the extent necessary, by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act.
“Agency Mortgage Loan” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Pricing Side Letter.
“Agency Security” means a mortgage-backed security issued by an Agency including a GNMA Security.
“Aging Limit” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Pricing Side Letter.
“Agreement” means this Master Repurchase Agreement, as it may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Amendment No. 3 Effective Date” means April 8, 2019.
“Appraised Value” means the value set forth in an appraisal made in connection with the origination of the related Mortgage Loan as the value of the Mortgaged Property.
“Approved Product Type” means the type of Mortgage Loans set forth on the Asset Matrix and that are applicable to the terms of the Program Agreements.
“Asset Documents” means the documents in the related Asset File to be delivered to the Custodian.
“Asset File” means the Mortgage File.
“Asset Schedule” means, with respect to any Transaction as of any date, an Asset Schedule in the form prescribed by the Custodial Agreement.
“Asset Value” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Pricing Side Letter.
“Assignment and Acceptance” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 22 hereof.
“Assignment of Mortgage” means an assignment of the Mortgage, notice of transfer or equivalent instrument in recordable form, sufficient under the laws of the jurisdiction wherein the related Mortgaged Property is located to reflect the assignment and pledge of the Mortgage.
“Assignment of Proprietary Lease” means the specific agreement creating a first lien on and pledge of the Co-op Shares and the appurtenant Proprietary Lease securing a Co-op Loan.
“Authoritative Copy” means, with respect to an eNote, the unique copy of such eNote that is within the Control of the Controller.
“Bailee Letter” has the meaning assigned to such term in the applicable Custodial Agreement.
“Bank” means Wells Fargo Bank, National Association and any successor or assign.
“Bankruptcy Code” means the United States Bankruptcy Code of 1978, as amended from time to time.
“Benchmark Adjustment” means, for any day, the spread adjustment for such Pricing Period that has been selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body for the tenor of 1 month. For the avoidance of doubt, the “Benchmark Adjustment” means, for any day, the value as reported on the display designated as “YUS0001M” on Bloomberg, or such other display as may replace “YUS0001M”.
“Beneficial Ownership Certification” means a certification regarding beneficial ownership required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.
“Beneficial Ownership Regulation” means 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230.
“Business Day” means any day other than (i) a Saturday or Sunday; (ii) a day on which the New York Stock Exchange, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York or the Custodian is authorized or obligated by law or executive order to be closed or (iii) a public or bank holiday in New York City.
“Buyer” means Administrative Agent, in its capacity as a buyer, Funding 2, Investments 3, Nexera and each other Buyer which becomes a party hereto pursuant to and in accordance with Section 22 hereof and, with respect to Section 11 hereof, its participants.
“Change in Control” means:
(1)any event or series of events by which any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), but excluding any employee benefit plan of such person or its Subsidiaries, and any person or entity acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan, other than the Permitted Holders becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) of the equity securities of loanDepot, Inc., a Delaware corporation, entitled to vote for members of the board of directors or equivalent governing body of Seller on a fully-diluted basis;
(2)the sale, transfer, or other disposition of all or substantially all of Seller’s assets (excluding any such action taken in connection with any securitization transaction); or
(3)if Seller is a Delaware limited liability company, Seller enters into any transaction or series of transactions to adopt, file, effect or consummate a Division, or otherwise permits any such Division to be adopted, filed, effected or consummated.
“Clearing Account” has the meaning specified in Section 7.b.(2) hereof.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Collection Account” means the account described in the Collection Account Control Agreement, into which all collections and proceeds on or in respect of the Purchased Mortgage Loans shall be deposited by Seller or Servicer.
“Collection Account Control Agreement” means that certain collection account control agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among Administrative Agent, Seller and Bank, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Collection Period” means a monthly period as mutually agreed by Seller and Administrative Agent.
“Committed Buyer” shall mean Atlas Securitized Products Investments 3, L.P.
“Committed Mortgage Loan” means a Purchased Mortgage Loan which is the subject of a Take-out Commitment with a Take-out Investor.
“Conforming Mortgage Loan” means a first lien Mortgage Loan originated in accordance with the criteria of an Agency for purchase of Mortgage Loans, including, without limitation, conventional Mortgage Loans.
“Control” means, with respect to an eNote, the “control” of such eNote within the meaning of UETA and/or, as applicable, E-Sign, which is established by reference to the MERS eRegistry and any party designated therein as the Controller.
“Control Failure” means, with respect to an eNote, the failure of the Controller status of the eNote in the MERS eRegistry to reflect Administrative Agent’s MERS Org ID as a result of an unauthorized Transfer of Control or unauthorized Transfer of Control and Location, in either case, initiated by Custodian or through Custodian’s system, in contravention of the terms of this Agreement; provided that (i) Custodian delivered the most recent Custodial Asset Schedule and exception report reflecting the Location status of the eNote as the Custodian’s MERS Org ID and the Controller status of the eNote as Administrative Agent’s MERS Org ID and (ii) the Controller status and Location status of such eNote have not been transferred pursuant to (x) a Request for Release of Documents (as defined in the Custodial Agreement) or (y) Administrative Agent’s written request or instruction.
“Controller” means, with respect to an eNote, the party designated in the MERS eRegistry as the “Controller”, and who in such capacity shall be deemed to be “in control” or to be the “controller” of such eNote within the meaning of UETA or E-Sign, as applicable.
“Co-op Corporation” means, with respect to any Co-op Loan, the cooperative apartment corporation that holds legal title to the related Co-op Project and grants occupancy rights to units therein to stockholders through Proprietary Leases or similar arrangements.
“Co-op Loan” means a Mortgage Loan secured by the pledge of stock allocated to a Co-op Unit in a Co-op Corporation and collateral assignment of the related Proprietary Lease.
“Co-op Project” means, with respect to any Co-op Loan, all real property and improvements thereto and rights therein and thereto owned by a Co-op Corporation including without limitation the land, separate dwelling units and all common elements.
“Co-op Shares” means, with respect to any Co-op Loan, the shares of stock issued by a Co-op Corporation and allocated to a Co-op Unit and represented by a Stock Certificates.
“Co-op Unit” means, with respect to any Co-op Loan, a specific unit in a Co-op Project.
“CP Conduit” means any Buyer that is an asset-backed commercial paper conduit.
“Custodial Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Custodial Agreement, dated as of September 25, 2020, among Seller, Administrative Agent, Buyers and Custodian, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Custodial Mortgage Loan Schedule” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Custodial Agreement.
“Custodian” means Deutsche Bank National Trust Company or such other party specified by Administrative Agent and agreed to by Seller, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld.
“Daily Simple SOFR” means, for any day, SOFR, with conventions (including, without limitation, a lookback) established by the Administrative Agent in its sole good faith discretion in accordance with the conventions for this rate selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body for determining “Daily Simple SOFR”; provided that, if the Administrative Agent determines that any such convention is not administratively, operationally, or technically feasible for the Administrative Agent, then the Administrative Agent may establish another convention in its sole good faith discretion.
“DE Compare Ratio” means the Two Year FHA Direct Endorsement Lender Compare Ratio, excluding streamline FHA refinancings, as made publicly available by HUD.
“Debtor Relief Law” means any law, administration, or regulation relating to reorganization, winding up, administration, composition or adjustment of debts or otherwise relating to bankruptcy or insolvency.
“Default” means an Event of Default or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become an Event of Default.
“Delegatee” means, with respect to an eNote, the party designated in the MERS eRegistry as the “Delegatee” or “Delegatee for Transfers”, who in such capacity is authorized by the Controller to perform certain MERS eRegistry transactions on behalf of the Controller such as Transfers of Control and Transfers of Control and Location.
“Delinquency Advance” means any advance made by Seller under the Servicing Agreements, to cover due, but uncollected or unavailable as a result of funds not yet being cleared, principal and interest payments on the Purchased Mortgage Loans included in the portfolio of Purchased Mortgage Loans serviced by Seller pursuant to the Servicing Agreements, including Purchased Mortgage Loans with respect to which the related Mortgaged Property is being held pending liquidation.
“Designated Mortgage Loan” means a Purchased Asset that is identified by Administrative Agent as eligible for a Purchase Price-Base, a Purchase Price-Incremental 1 and/or a Purchase Price-Incremental 2.
“Division” means the division of a limited liability company into two or more limited liability companies pursuant to and in accordance with Section 18-217 of Chapter 18 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, 6 Del. C. §§ 18-101 et seq., as amended.
“Dollars” and “$” means dollars in lawful currency of the United States of America.
“Due Date” means the day of the month on which the Monthly Payment is due on a Mortgage Loan, exclusive of any days of grace.
“Early Buyout” means the purchase of a modified or defaulted Mortgage Loan by Seller from a GNMA Security.
“Effective Date” means the date upon which the conditions precedent set forth in Section 10 shall have been satisfied.
“Electronic Agent” means MERSCORP Holdings, Inc., or its successor in interest or assigns.
“Electronic Record” means, as the context requires, (i) “Record” and “Electronic Record,” both as defined in E-Sign, and shall include but not be limited to, recorded telephone conversations, fax copies or electronic transmissions, including without limitation, those involving the Warehouse Electronic System, and (ii) with respect to an eMortgage Loan, the related eNote and all other documents comprising the Mortgage File electronically created and that are stored in an electronic format, if any.
“Electronic Tracking Agreement” means one or more Electronic Tracking Agreements with respect to (x) the tracking of changes in the ownership, mortgage servicers and servicing rights ownership of Purchased Mortgage Loans held on the MERS System, and (y) the tracking of the Control of eNotes held on the MERS eRegistry, each in a form acceptable to Administrative Agent.
“eMortgage Loan” means a Mortgage Loan that is a Conforming Mortgage Loan (other than an FHA Loan or VA Loan) with respect to which there is an eNote and as to which some or all of the other documents comprising the related Mortgage File may be created electronically and not by traditional paper documentation with a pen and ink signature.
“eNote” means, with respect to any eMortgage Loan, the electronically created and stored Mortgage Note that is a Transferable Record.
“eNote Delivery Requirement” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(c) hereof.
“eNote Replacement Failure” shall have the meaning set forth in the Custodial Agreement.
“E-Sign” means the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, as amended from time to time.
“eVault” means an electronic repository established and maintained by an eVault Provider for delivery and storage of eNotes.
“eVault Provider” means Document Systems, Inc. d/b/a DocMagic, or its successor in interest or assigns, or such other entity agreed upon by Custodian or Administrative Agent.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time and any successor thereto, and the regulations promulgated and administrative rulings issued thereunder.
“ERISA Affiliate” means any corporation or trade or business that, together with Seller is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code or solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code is treated as single employer described in Section 414 of the Code.
“Escrow Agreement” means that certain Fourth Amended and Restated Escrow Agreement dated as of August 16, 2016 among Bank of America N.A., JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, Citibank, N.A., EverBank, Jefferies Funding LLC, Texas Capital Bank, National Association, UBS AG, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A., BMO Harris Bank N.A., Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, Seller, Administrative Agent, and such other parties joined thereto from time to time, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Escrow Instruction Letter” means the escrow instruction letter from Seller to the Settlement Agent, in the form of Exhibit I hereto, as the same may be modified, supplemented and in effect from time to time.
“Escrow Payments” means, with respect to any Mortgage Loan, the amounts constituting ground rents, taxes, assessments, water rates, sewer rents, municipal charges, mortgage insurance premiums, fire and hazard insurance premiums, condominium charges, and any other payments required to be escrowed by the Mortgagor with the mortgagee pursuant to the Mortgage or any other document.
“Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 15 hereof.
“Event of Termination” means with respect to Seller (a) with respect to any Plan, a reportable event, as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA, as to which the PBGC has not by regulation waived the requirement of Section 4043(a) of ERISA that it be notified within thirty (30) days of the occurrence of such event, or (b) the withdrawal of Seller or any ERISA Affiliate thereof from a Plan during a plan year in which it is a substantial employer, as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA, or (c) the failure by Seller or any ERISA Affiliate thereof to meet the minimum funding standard of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA with respect to any Plan, including, without limitation, the failure to make on or before its due date a required installment under Section 412(m) of the Code (or Section 430(j) of the Code as amended by the Pension Protection Act) or Section 302(e) of ERISA (or Section 303(j) of ERISA, as amended by the Pension Protection Act), (d) the distribution under Section 4041 of ERISA of a notice of intent to terminate any Plan or any action taken by Seller or any ERISA Affiliate thereof to terminate any Plan, or (e) the failure to meet requirements of Section 436 of the Code resulting in the loss of qualified status under Section 401(a)(29) of the Code, or (f) the institution by the PBGC of proceedings under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Plan, or (g) the receipt by Seller or any ERISA Affiliate thereof of a notice from a Multiemployer Plan that action of the type described in the previous clause (f) has been taken by the PBGC with respect to such Multiemployer Plan, or (h) any event or circumstance exists which may reasonably be expected to constitute grounds for Seller or any ERISA Affiliate thereof to incur liability under Title IV of ERISA or under Sections 412 (b) or 430 (k) of the Code with respect to any Plan.
“Excluded Taxes” means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to a Buyer or other recipient of any payment hereunder or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to such Buyer or such other recipient: (a) Taxes based on (or measured by) net income or net profits, franchise Taxes and branch profits Taxes that are imposed on a Buyer or other recipient of any payment hereunder as a result of (i) being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or its applicable lending office located in the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof), or (ii) a present or former connection between such Buyer or other recipient and the jurisdiction of the Governmental Authority imposing such Tax or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof (other than connections arising from such Buyer or other recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced under this Agreement or any Program Agreement, or sold or assigned an interest in any Purchased Mortgage Loan); (b) any Tax imposed on a Buyer or other recipient of a payment hereunder that is attributable to such Buyer’s or other recipient’s failure to comply with relevant requirements set forth in Section 11(e)(ii); (c) any withholding Tax that is imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Buyer or other recipient of a payment hereunder pursuant to a law in effect on
the date such person becomes a party to or under this Agreement, or such person changes its lending office, except in each case to the extent that amounts with respect to Taxes were payable either to such person’s assignor immediately before such person became a party hereto or to such person immediately before it changed its lending office; and (d) any U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA.
“Existing Indebtedness” has the meaning specified in Section 13(a)(23) hereof.
“Family Members” means, with respect to any individual, any other individual having a relationship by blood, marriage or adoption to such individual.
“Family Trusts” means, with respect to any individual, any trust or other estate planning vehicle established for the benefit of such individual or Family Members of such individual.
“Fannie Mae” means the Federal National Mortgage Association or any successor thereto.
“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof and any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code.
“FDIA” has the meaning set forth in Section 26(c) hereof.
“FDICIA” has the meaning set forth in Section 26(d) hereof.
“FHA” means the Federal Housing Administration, an agency within the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, or any successor thereto, and including the Federal Housing Commissioner and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development where appropriate under the FHA Regulations.
“FHA Approved Mortgagee” means a corporation or institution approved as a mortgagee by the FHA under the National Housing Act, as amended from time to time, and applicable FHA Regulations, and eligible to own and service mortgage loans such as the FHA Loans.
“FHA LEAP System” means the FHA’s Lender Electronic Assessment Portal, together with any successor FHA electronic access portal.
“FHA Loan” means a Mortgage Loan which is the subject of an FHA Mortgage Insurance Contract.
“FHA Mortgage Insurance” means, mortgage insurance authorized under the National Housing Act, as amended from time to time, and provided by the FHA.
“FHA Mortgage Insurance Contract” means the contractual obligation of the FHA respecting the insurance of a Mortgage Loan.
“FHA Regulations” means the regulations promulgated by the Department of Housing and Urban Development under the National Housing Act, as amended from time to time and codified in 24 Code of Federal Regulations, and other Department of Housing and Urban
Development issuances relating to FHA Loans, including the related handbooks, circulars, notices and mortgagee letters.
“FICO” means Fair Isaac & Co., or any successor thereto.
“Fidelity Insurance” means insurance coverage with respect to employee errors, omissions, dishonesty, forgery, theft, disappearance and destruction, robbery and safe burglary, property (other than money and securities) and computer fraud in an aggregate amount acceptable to Seller’s regulators.
“Freddie Mac” means the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation or any successor thereto.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in effect from time to time in the United States of America and applied on a consistent basis.
“GNMA” means the Government National Mortgage Association and any successor thereto.
“GNMA EBO” means a FHA Loan or VA Loan which is subject to an Early Buyout and is a Purchased Mortgage Loan.
“GNMA Guide” means the GNMA Mortgage-Backed Securities Guide, Handbook 5500.3, Rev. 1, as amended from time to time, and any related announcements, directives and correspondence issued by GNMA.
“GNMA Haircut Amount” means, with respect to a Simultaneously Funded Early Buyout Loan, an amount equal to (i) the amount due to GNMA to repurchase such Mortgage Loan from GNMA less (ii) the Purchase Price-Base plus Purchase Price-Incremental 1 for such Mortgage Loan.
“GNMA Security” means a mortgage-backed security guaranteed by GNMA pursuant to the GNMA Guide.
“Governmental Authority” means any nation or government, any state or other political subdivision thereof, or any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions over Seller, Administrative Agent or any Buyer, as applicable.
“Gross Margin” means, with respect to each adjustable rate Mortgage Loan, the fixed percentage amount set forth in the related Mortgage Note.
“Guarantee” means, [***].
“Hash Value” means, with respect to an eNote, the unique, tamper-evident digital signature of such eNote that is stored with MERS.
“High Cost Mortgage Loan” means a Mortgage Loan (a) classified as a “high cost” loan under the Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act of 1994; (b) classified as a “high cost,” “threshold,” “covered,” or “predatory” loan under any other applicable state, federal or local law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law, regulation or ordinance imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees) or (c) having a percentage listed
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under the Indicative Loss Severity Column (the column that appears in the S&P Anti-Predatory Lending Law Update Table, included in the then-current S&P’s LEVELS® Glossary of Terms on Appendix E).
“Hsieh Investors” shall mean each of the JLSSAA Trust, established September 4, 2014, JLSA, LLC, Trilogy Mortgage Holdings, Inc., Trilogy Management Investors Six, LLC, Trilogy Management Investors Seven, LLC and Trilogy Management Investors Eight, LLC and each of their respective affiliates.
“HUD” means the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development or any successor thereto.
“Income” means, with respect to any Purchased Mortgage Loan at any time until repurchased by the Seller, any principal received thereon or in respect thereof and all interest, dividends or other distributions thereon, but, in any event, excluding Escrow Payments.
“Indebtedness” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Pricing Side Letter.
“Indemnified Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 30 hereof.
“Indemnified Taxes” means (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of the Seller hereunder or under any Program Agreement and (b) Other Taxes.
“Index” means, with respect to any adjustable rate Mortgage Loan, the index identified on the Asset Schedule and set forth in the related Mortgage Note for the purpose of calculating the applicable Mortgage Interest Rate.
“Intercreditor Agreement” means that certain Fourth Amended and Restated Intercreditor Agreement dated as of August 16, 2016 among Bank of America N.A., JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, Citibank, N.A., EverBank, Jefferies Funding LLC, Texas Capital Bank, National Association, UBS AG, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A., BMO Harris Bank N.A., Seller, Administrative Agent, and such other parties joined thereto from time to time, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Interest Rate Adjustment Date” means the date on which an adjustment to the Mortgage Interest Rate with respect to each Mortgage Loan becomes effective.
“Interest Rate Protection Agreement” means, with respect to any or all of the Purchased Mortgage Loans, any short sale of a US Treasury Security, or futures contract, or mortgage related security, or Eurodollar futures contract, or options related contract, or interest rate swap, cap or collar agreement, or similar arrangement providing for protection against fluctuations in interest rates or the exchange of nominal interest obligations, either generally or under specific contingencies, entered into by Seller.
“Joint Securities Account Control Agreement” means that certain Fourth Amended and Restated Joint Securities Account Control Agreement dated as of August 16, 2016 among Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, Bank of America N.A., JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, Citibank, N.A., EverBank, Jefferies Funding LLC, Texas Capital Bank, National Association, UBS AG, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A., BMO Harris Bank N.A., Seller, Administrative Agent, and such other parties joined thereto from time
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to time, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“LD Holdings” means LD Holdings Group LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
“Lender Insurance Authority” means the permission granted to certain FHA-approved lenders to process single family mortgage applications without first submitting documentation to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development as set forth in 12 U.S.C. §1715z-21 and the regulations enacted thereunder set forth in 24 CFR §203.6.
“Lien” means any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or similar encumbrance.
“Location” means, with respect to an eNote, the location of such eNote which is established by reference to the MERS eRegistry.
“Loan to Value Ratio” or “LTV” means with respect to any Mortgage Loan, the ratio of the original outstanding principal amount of such Mortgage Loan to the lesser of (a) the Appraised Value of the Mortgaged Property at origination or (b) if the Mortgaged Property was purchased within 12 months of the origination of such Mortgage Loan, the purchase price of the Mortgaged Property.
“Margin Call” has the meaning specified in Section 6(a) hereof.
“Margin Deadline” has the meaning specified in Section 6(b) hereof.
“Margin Deficit” has the meaning specified in Section 6(a) hereof.
“Market Value” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Pricing Side Letter.
“Master Servicer Field” means, with respect to an eNote, the field entitled, “Master Servicer” in the MERS eRegistry.
“Material Adverse Effect” means (a) a material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect upon, the operations, business, properties or condition (financial or otherwise) of Seller or any Affiliate that is a party to any Program Agreement taken as a whole; (b) a material impairment of the ability of Seller or any Affiliate that is a party to any Program Agreement to perform under any Program Agreement and to avoid any Event of Default; or (c) a material adverse effect upon the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability of any Program Agreement against Seller or any Affiliate that is a party to any Program Agreement, in each case as determined by the Administrative Agent in its good faith discretion.
“Maximum Aggregate Purchase Price” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Pricing Side Letter.
“MERS” means Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, or any successor thereto.
“MERS eDelivery” means the transmission system operated by the Electronic Agent that is used to deliver eNotes, other Electronic Records and data from one MERS eRegistry member to another using a system-to-system interface and conforming to the standards of the MERS eRegistry.
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“MERS eRegistry” means the electronic registry operated by the Electronic Agent that acts as the legal system of record that identifies the Controller, Delegatee and Location of the Authoritative Copy of registered eNotes.
“MERS Org ID” means a number assigned by the Electronic Agent that uniquely identifies MERS members, or, in the case of a MERS Org ID that is a “Secured Party Org ID”, uniquely identifies MERS eRegistry members, which assigned numbers for each of Administrative Agent, Seller and Custodian have been provided to the parties hereto.
“MERS System” means the system of recording transfers of mortgages electronically maintained by MERS.
“Monthly Payment” means the scheduled monthly payment of principal and/or interest on a Mortgage Loan.
“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or any successors thereto.
“Mortgage” means each mortgage, assignment of rents, security agreement and fixture filing, or deed of trust, assignment of rents, security agreement and fixture filing, deed to secure debt, assignment of rents, security agreement and fixture filing, or similar instrument creating and evidencing a lien on real property and other property and rights incidental thereto, unless such Mortgage is granted in connection with a Co-op Loan, in which case the first lien position is in the Co-op Shares and in the Proprietary Lease relating to such Co-op Shares.
“Mortgage File” means, with respect to a Mortgage Loan, the documents and instruments relating to such Mortgage Loan and set forth in an exhibit to the Custodial Agreement.
“Mortgage Interest Rate” means the rate of interest borne on a Mortgage Loan from time to time in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Note.
“Mortgage Interest Rate Cap” means, with respect to an adjustable rate Mortgage Loan, the limit on each Mortgage Interest Rate adjustment as set forth in the related Mortgage Note.
“Mortgage Loan” means any Approved Product Type which is a fixed or floating rate, one to four family residential mortgage or home equity loan evidenced by a promissory note and secured by a first (or, in the case of Second Lien Mortgage Loans, second) lien mortgage, which satisfies the requirements set forth in the Underwriting Guidelines and Section 13(b) hereof; provided that Mortgage Loans shall not include any High Cost Mortgage Loans and shall not include home equity conversion loans.
“Mortgage Note” means the promissory note or other evidence of the indebtedness of a Mortgagor secured by a Mortgage.
“Mortgaged Property” means the real property or other Co-op Loan collateral securing repayment of the debt evidenced by a Mortgage Note.
“Mortgagor” means the obligor or obligors on a Mortgage Note, including any person who has assumed or guaranteed the obligations of the obligor thereunder.
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“Multiemployer Plan” means a multiemployer plan defined as such in Section 3(37) of ERISA to which contributions have been or are required to be made by Seller or any ERISA Affiliate and that is covered by Title IV of ERISA.
“Net Income” means, for any period and any Person, the net income of such Person for such period as determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Net Worth” means, with respect to any Person, an amount equal to, on a consolidated basis, such Person’s stockholder equity (determined in accordance with GAAP).
“Non-Affiliate Buyer” has the meaning specified in Section 19 hereof.
“Non-Affiliate MRA” has the meaning specified in Section 19 hereof.
“Non-Affiliate Transactions” has the meaning specified in Section 19 hereof.
“Non-Agency Mortgage Loan” means a Mortgage Loan other than an Early Buyout Loan that (a) is not a Non-Agency Non-QM Mortgage Loan; (b) either (i) does not meet the criteria for an Agency Mortgage Loan or (ii) is an Agency Mortgage Loan that is aggregated for placement into a private label securitization or for sale to a Take-out Investor other than an Agency; (c) meets all applicable criteria as set forth in the Underwriting Guidelines and (d) is identified as a Non-Agency Mortgage Loan by Administrative Agent and Seller.
“Non-Agency Non-QM Mortgage Loan” a Non-Agency Mortgage Loan that (a) does not meet the criteria for a Qualified Mortgage Loan; (b) meets all applicable criteria as set forth in the Underwriting Guidelines and (c) is otherwise acceptable to Administrative Agent in its sole good faith discretion.
“Obligations” means (a) all of Seller’s indebtedness, obligations to pay the Repurchase Price on the Repurchase Date, the Price Differential on each Price Differential Payment Date, and other obligations and liabilities, to Administrative Agent and Buyers or Custodian arising under, or in connection with, the Program Agreements, whether now existing or hereafter arising; (b) any and all sums paid by Administrative Agent, Buyers or Administrative Agent on behalf of Buyers in order to preserve any Purchased Asset or its interest therein; (c) in the event of any proceeding for the collection or enforcement of any of Seller’s indebtedness, obligations or liabilities referred to in clause (a), the reasonable expenses of retaking, holding, collecting, preparing for sale, selling or otherwise disposing of or realizing on any Purchased Asset, or of any exercise by Administrative Agent or Buyers of their rights under the Program Agreements, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements and court costs; (d) all of Seller’s indemnity obligations to Administrative Agent, Buyers and Custodian pursuant to the Program Agreements; and (e) all of Seller’s obligations under the VFN Repurchase Agreement.
“OFAC” has the meaning set forth in Section 13(a)(27) hereof.
“Officer’s Compliance Certificate” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Pricing Side Letter.
“Ordinary Course Litigation” means any litigation or arbitration proceeding commenced by a Mortgagor, or the assertion by a Mortgagor of any common or necessary or compulsory cause of action, defense or counterclaim, seeking to enjoin, hinder, delay, set aside or temporarily restrain a foreclosure proceeding or other
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enforcement action commenced by the holder or servicer of a Mortgage Loan or real estate owned Property in the ordinary course of its business.
“Other Taxes” means any and all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes or any excise, sales, goods and services or transfer taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any payment made hereunder or from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Program Agreement.
“Parthenon Investors” means each of Parthenon Investors III, L.P., Parthenon Capital Partners Fund, L.P., Parthenon Investors IV, L.P., Parthenon Capital Partners, Fund II, L.P., PCP Managers, L.P., PCAP Partners III LLC, PCap Partners IV LP, PCP Partners IV LP, PCP Managers GP and each of their respective affiliates.
“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any entity succeeding to any or all of its functions under ERISA.
“Pension Protection Act” means the Pension Protection Act of 2006.
“Permitted Holders” shall mean any of the Hsieh Investors and the Parthenon Investors.
“Person” means an individual, partnership, corporation (including a business trust), limited liability company, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture or other entity, or a government or any political subdivision or agency thereof.
“Plan” means an employee pension benefit or other plan as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA, established or maintained by Seller or any ERISA Affiliate and covered by Title IV of ERISA, other than a Multiemployer Plan.
“Pool” means a subset of Purchased Mortgage Loans subject to Transactions which shall be identified from time to time by the Administrative Agent.
“Pool Subdivision Notice” means a written notice delivered by Administrative Agent to Sellers, which shall identify the discrete Purchased Mortgage Loans which shall be allocated to different Pools.
“Post-Default Rate” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Pricing Side Letter.
“Power of Attorney” means a Power of Attorney substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto delivered by Seller.
“Price Differential” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Pricing Side Letter.
“Price Differential Payment Date” means, with respect to a Purchased Asset, the fifth (5th) day of the month following the related Purchase Date and each succeeding fifth (5th) day of the month thereafter; provided, that, with respect to such Purchased Asset, the final Price Differential Payment Date shall be the related Repurchase Date; and provided, further, that if any such day is not a Business Day, the Price Differential Payment Date shall be the next succeeding Business Day.
“Pricing Period” means, with respect to each Price Differential Payment Date, the period commencing on (and including) the date that is the first calendar day of the preceding
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month and terminating on (and including) the last calendar day of the preceding month; provided, that the initial Pricing Period shall commence on the initial Purchase Date.
“Pricing Rate” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Pricing Side Letter.
“Pricing Side Letter” means the amended and restated letter agreement dated as of May 21, 2021, among Administrative Agent, Buyers and Seller, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Program Account” means such account identified by Administrative Agent in writing.
“Program Agreements” means, collectively, this Agreement; the Administration Agreement; Custodial Agreement; the Pricing Side Letter; the Electronic Tracking Agreement; the Collection Account Control Agreement; the Power of Attorney; each Servicing Agreement; each Servicer Notice; when entered into, the Subordination Agreement; and if entered into, the Escrow Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement and the Joint Securities Account Control Agreement.
“Prohibited Person” has the meaning set forth in Section 13(a)(27) hereof.
“Property” means any right or interest in or to property of any kind whatsoever, whether real, personal or mixed and whether tangible or intangible.
“Proprietary Lease” means the lease on a Co-op Unit evidencing the possessory interest of the owner in the Co-op Shares in such Co-op Unit.
“Protective Advance” means any servicing advance (including, but not limited to, any advance made to pay taxes and insurance premiums; any advance to pay the costs of protecting the value of any real property or other security for a mortgage loan; and any advance to pay the costs of realizing on the value of any such security) made by Seller in connection with any Purchased Mortgage Loans.
“Purchase Date” means the date on which a Purchased Asset is to be transferred by Seller to Administrative Agent for the benefit of Buyers.
“Purchase Price” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Pricing Side Letter.
“Purchase Price Deficit-Base/Incremental 1” has the meaning specified in Section 6.d hereof.
“Purchase Price Percentage” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Pricing Side Letter.
“Purchased Assets” means the collective reference to Purchased Mortgage Loans together with the Repurchase Assets related to such Purchased Mortgage Loans transferred by Seller to Administrative Agent for the benefit of Buyers in a Transaction hereunder and/or listed on the related Asset Schedule attached to the related Transaction Request, which such Asset Files the Custodian has been instructed to hold for the benefit of Administrative Agent pursuant to the Custodial Agreement until such asset has been repurchased by Seller in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
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“Purchased Mortgage Loans” means each Mortgage Loan and the Servicing Rights and Asset Documents related to such Mortgage Loan transferred by Seller to Administrative Agent for the benefit of Buyers in a Transaction hereunder, listed on the related Asset Schedule attached to the related Transaction Request, which such Mortgage Loans the Custodian has been instructed to hold pursuant to the Custodial Agreement until such asset has been repurchased by Seller in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
“Qualified Insurer” means an insurance company duly authorized and licensed where required by law to transact insurance business and approved as an insurer by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac or GNMA, as applicable.
“Qualified Mortgage Loan” means a Mortgage Loan which is a “Qualified Mortgage” as defined in 12 CFR 1026.43(e).
“Qualified Originator” means an originator of Mortgage Loans which is acceptable under the Underwriting Guidelines.
“Recognition Agreement” means, an agreement among a Co-op Corporation, a lender and a Mortgagor with respect to a Co-op Loan whereby such parties (i) acknowledge that such lender may make, or intends to make, such Co-op Loan, and (ii) make certain agreements with respect to such Co-op Loan.
“Records” means all instruments, agreements and other books, records, and reports and data generated by other media for the storage of information maintained by Seller, Servicer or any other person or entity with respect to a Purchased Asset. Records shall include the Mortgage Notes, any Mortgages, the Asset Files and the credit files, in each case, related to the Purchased Asset and any other instruments necessary to document or service a Purchased Mortgage Loan.
“Reference Rate” means Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR, or a Successor Rate pursuant to Section 5(c) of this Agreement.
“Register” has the meaning set forth in Section 22 hereof.
“Relevant Governmental Body” means the Federal Reserve Board and/or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Federal Reserve Board and/or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or any successor of any of the foregoing.
“Remittance Date” means such date as mutually agreed to by Seller and Administrative Agent.
“Remittance Report Date” means, with respect to each Collection Period, the close of business on the final day of such Collection Period, or the next succeeding Business Day, if such calendar day shall not be a Business Day.
“Repledge Transaction” has the meaning set forth in Section 18 hereof.
“Repledgee” means each Repledgee identified by the Administrative Agent from time to time pursuant to the Administration Agreement.
“Reporting Date” means the fifteenth (15th) calendar day of each month or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day.
“Repurchase Assets” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 8 hereof.
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“Repurchase Date” means the earlier of (a) the Termination Date, (b) the date requested pursuant to Section 4(a), (b) or (c) the date determined by application of Section 16 hereof.
“Repurchase Price” means the price at which Purchased Assets are to be transferred from the Administrative Agent for the benefit of Buyers to Seller upon termination of a Transaction, which will be determined in each case (including Transactions terminable upon demand) as the sum of the Purchase Price for such Purchased Assets and the accrued but unpaid Price Differential relating to such Purchased Assets as of the date of such determination.
“Request for Certification” means a notice sent to the Custodian reflecting the sale of one or more Purchased Mortgage Loans to Administrative Agent for the benefit of Buyers hereunder.
“Requirement of Law” means, with respect to any Person, any law, treaty, rule or regulation or determination of an arbitrator, a court or other governmental authority, applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any of its property is subject.
“Responsible Officer” means as to any Person, the chief executive officer or, with respect to financial matters, the chief financial officer of such Person.
“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, or any successor thereto.
“Scratch and Dent Mortgage Loan” means a first lien Mortgage Loan (i) originated by Seller in accordance with the criteria of an Agency or Non-Agency Mortgage Loan, as applicable, except such Mortgage Loan is not eligible for sale to the original Take-out Investor or has been subsequently repurchased from such original Take-out Investor, in each case, for reasons other than delinquent payment under such Mortgage Loan, (ii) is acceptable to Buyers or Administrative Agent in their sole good faith discretion and (iii) which is not thirty (30) or more days delinquent.
“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any successor thereto.
“Second Lien Mortgage Loan” means a Mortgage Loan that is secured by a second lien on the related Mortgaged Property.
“Seller” means loanDepot.com, LLC or its permitted successors and assigns.
“Servicer” means Cenlar FSB, Seller and any other servicer or subservicer approved by Administrative Agent in its sole good faith discretion.
“Servicer Advance” means a Delinquency Advance or a Protective Advance.
“Servicer Notice” means the notice acknowledged by Servicer substantially in the form of Exhibit J or, with respect to GNMA EBOs, in such form as mutually agreed to by Seller and Administrative Agent, in each case, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Servicing Agreement” means any servicing agreement entered into between Seller and Servicer as the same may be amended from time to time.
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“Servicing Rights” means rights of any Person to administer, service or subservice, the Purchased Mortgage Loans or to possess related Records.
“Settlement Agent” means, with respect to any Transaction the subject of which is a Wet-Ink Mortgage Loan, the entity approved by Administrative Agent, in its sole good-faith discretion, which may be a title company, escrow company or attorney in accordance with local law and practice in the jurisdiction where the related Wet-Ink Mortgage Loan is being originated. A Settlement Agent is deemed approved unless Administrative Agent notifies Seller otherwise at any time electronically or in writing.
“Severance Notice” has the meaning specified in Section 19 hereof.
“Simultaneously Funded Early Buyout Loan” means an Early Buyout which Seller intends to be repurchased from GNMA substantially concurrently with the funding of the related Transaction hereunder.
“SIPA” means the Securities Investor Protection Act of 1970, as amended from time to time.
“SOFR” means, with respect to any SOFR Business Day, a rate per annum equal to the secured overnight financing rate for such SOFR Business Day published by the SOFR Administrator on the SOFR Administrator’s Website at approximately 8:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the immediately succeeding SOFR Business Day.
“SOFR Administrator” means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or any successor administrator of the secured overnight financing rate).
“SOFR Administrator’s Website” means the SOFR Administrator’s website, currently at http://www.newyorkfed.org, or any successor source for the secured overnight financing rate identified as such by the SOFR Administrator from time to time.
“SOFR Business Day” means a day on which banks are open for dealing in foreign currency and exchange in London, New York City and Washington, D.C.
“Statement Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13(a)(5) hereof.
“Stock Certificate” means, with respect to a Co-op Loan, the certificates evidencing ownership of the Co-op Shares issued by the Co-op Corporation.
“Stock Power” means, with respect to a Co-op Loan, an assignment of the Stock Certificate or an assignment of the Co-op Shares issued by the Co-op Corporation.
“Subordination Agreement” has the meaning set forth in Section 14(bb) hereof.
“Subservicer Field” means, with respect to an eNote, the field entitled, “Subservicer” in the MERS eRegistry.
“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership or other entity of which at least a majority of the securities or other ownership interests having by the terms thereof ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors or other persons performing similar functions of such corporation, partnership or other entity (irrespective of whether or not at the time securities or other ownership interests of any other class or classes of such corporation, partnership or other entity shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency) is at the
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time directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such Person or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person or by such Person and one or more Subsidiaries of such Person.
“Successor Rate” means a rate determined by Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 5(c) hereof.
“Successor Rate Conforming Changes” means with respect to any proposed Successor Rate, any technical, administrative or operational change (including any change to the timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest, timing of borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices, length of lookback periods, the applicability of breakage provisions, and other technical, administrative or operational matters) that the Administrative Agent decides, in its sole good faith discretion, may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of such Successor Rate and to permit the administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Administrative Agent decides that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Administrative Agent determines that no market practice for the administration of such Successor Rate exists, in such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent decides, in its sole good faith discretion, is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement or any other Program Agreement).
“Take-out Commitment” means a commitment of Seller to either (a) sell one or more identified Mortgage Loans to a Take-out Investor or (b) (i) swap one or more identified Mortgage Loans with a Take-out Investor that is an Agency for an Agency Security, and (ii) sell the related Agency Security to a Take-out Investor, and in each case, the corresponding Take-out Investor’s commitment back to Seller to effectuate any of the foregoing, as applicable. With respect to any Take-out Commitment with an Agency, the applicable agency documents list Administrative Agent or such other Person as required under the Intercreditor Agreement or Joint Securities Account Control Agreement as sole subscriber.
“Take-out Investor” means (a) an Agency or (b) any other institution which has made a Take-out Commitment and has been approved by Administrative Agent for the benefit of Buyers.
“Tax Distributions” means distributions by the Seller for the purpose of enabling LD Holdings to make Tax Distributions, as defined and set forth in the limited liability company agreement of LD Holdings.
“Taxes” means any and all present or future taxes (including social security contributions and value added taxes), levies, imposts, duties (including stamp duties), deductions, charges (including ad valorem charges), withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges of any nature whatsoever imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
“Termination Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Pricing Side Letter.
“Third Party Evaluator” means an appraiser approved by Administrative Agent in its sole good faith discretion.
“TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure Rule” means the Truth-in-Lending Act and Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act Integrated Disclosure Rule, adopted by the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau, which is effective for residential mortgage loan applications received on or after October 3, 2015.
“Transaction” has the meaning set forth in Section 1 hereof.
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“Transaction Request” means a request via email from Seller to Administrative Agent notifying Administrative Agent that Seller wishes to enter into a Transaction hereunder and that indicates that it is a Transaction Request under this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, a Transaction Request may refer to multiple Mortgage Loans; provided that each Mortgage Loan shall be deemed to be subject to its own Transaction.
“Transfer of Control” means, with respect to an eNote, a MERS eRegistry transfer transaction used to request a change to the current Controller of such eNote.
“Transfer of Control and Location” means, with respect to an eNote, a MERS eRegistry transfer transaction used to request a change to the current Controller and Location of such eNote.
“Transfer of Location” means, with respect to an eNote, a MERS eRegistry transfer transaction used to request a change to the current Location of such eNote.
“Transferable Record” means an Electronic Record under E-Sign and UETA that (i) would be a note under the Uniform Commercial Code if the Electronic Record were in writing, (ii) the issuer of the Electronic Record has expressly agreed is a “transferable record”, and (iii) for purposes of E-SIGN, relates to a loan secured by real property.
“Transfer of Servicing”: means, with respect to an eNote, a MERS eRegistry transfer transaction used to request a change to the current Master Servicer Field or Subservicer Field of such eNote.
“Trust Receipt” means, with respect to any Transaction as of any date, a receipt in the form attached as an exhibit to the Custodial Agreement.
“UETA” means the Official Text of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act as approved by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws at its Annual Conference on July 29, 1999.
“Unauthorized Master Servicer or Subservicer Modification” means, with respect to an eNote, a Transfer of Location, Transfer of Servicing or a change in any other information, status or data, including, without limitation, a change of the Master Servicer Field or Subservicer Field with respect to such eNote on the MERS eRegistry, initiated by the Seller, any Servicer or a vendor.
“Underwriting Guidelines” means the standards, procedures and guidelines of the Seller for underwriting and acquiring Mortgage Loans, which are set forth in the written policies and procedures of the Seller, a copy of which have been provided to Administrative Agent and such other guidelines as are identified to Administrative Agent in writing.
“Uniform Commercial Code” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect on the date hereof in the State of New York or the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the applicable jurisdiction.
“U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate” has the meaning set forth in Section 11(e)(ii)(B) hereof.
“VA” means the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, an agency of the United States of America, or any successor thereto including the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
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“VA Approved Lender” means a lender which is approved by the VA to act as a lender in connection with the origination of VA Loans.
“VA Loan” means a Mortgage Loan which is the subject of a VA Loan Guaranty Agreement as evidenced by a loan guaranty certificate, or a Mortgage Loan which is a vender loan sold by the VA.
“VA Loan Guaranty Agreement” means the obligation of the United States to pay a specific percentage of a Mortgage Loan (subject to a maximum amount) upon default of the Mortgagor pursuant to the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act, as amended.
“VA Regulations” means the regulations promulgated by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and codified in 38 Code of Federal Regulations, and other U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs issuances relating to VA Loans, including the related handbooks, circulars, notices and mortgagee letters.
“VFN Repurchase Agreement” means, collectively, (i) that certain Master Repurchase Agreement, and (ii) that certain Pricing Side Letter, in each case, dated as of August 11, 2017, among Seller, Atlas, or certain affiliates of Atlas, as assignees of Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Capital LLC, and Atlas, or certain affiliates of Atlas, as assignees of Credit Suisse AG, a company incorporated in Switzerland, acting through its Cayman Islands Branch, and Alpine Securitization LTD, as either may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Warehouse Electronic System” means the system utilized by or Administrative Agent either directly, or through its vendors, and which may be accessed by Seller in connection with delivering and obtaining information and requests in connection with the Program Agreements.
“Warehouse Indebtedness” means Indebtedness in connection with a repurchase, warehouse, gestation or similar facility for the financing of Mortgage Loans.
“Wet-Ink Delivery Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Pricing Side Letter.
“Wet-Ink Documents” means, with respect to any Wet-Ink Mortgage Loan, the (a) Transaction Request and (b) the Asset Schedule.
“Wet-Ink Mortgage Loan” means a Mortgage Loan (other than a GNMA EBO) which Seller is selling to Administrative Agent for the benefit of a Buyer simultaneously with the origination thereof.
3.Program; Initiation of Transactions
a.From time to time, in the sole discretion of Buyers, Administrative Agent (for the benefit of Buyers) may facilitate the purchase by Buyers from Seller of certain Mortgage Loans that have been originated and/or purchased by Seller. This Agreement is a commitment by Committed Buyer and Administrative Agent on behalf of Committed Buyer to enter into Transactions with Seller up to an aggregate amount not to exceed the Maximum Committed Amount. This Agreement is not a commitment by Committed Buyer or Administrative Agent on behalf of Committed Buyer to enter into Transactions with Seller for amounts exceeding the Maximum Committed Amount, but rather sets forth the procedures to be used in
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connection with periodic requests for Buyers or Administrative Agent on behalf of Buyers to enter into Transactions with Seller. For the avoidance of doubt, Transactions attributed to the Maximum Committed Amount shall solely be attributed to the Committed Buyer and Atlas, in its capacity as a buyer, Funding 2, and Nexera shall have no commitment hereunder to enter into Transactions. Any Transactions entered into in excess of the Maximum Committed Amount shall be entered into solely on an uncommitted basis. All Purchased Mortgage Loans shall meet the requirements set forth in the Asset Guidelines, and shall be serviced by Seller or Servicer, as applicable. The sum of the Aggregate Purchase Price-Base, the Aggregate Purchase Price-Incremental 1 and the Aggregate Purchase Price-Incremental 2 shall not exceed the Maximum Aggregate Purchase Price. With respect to each Designated Asset, the Purchase Price-Incremental 2 shall not be drawn upon until such time that the Purchase Price Base and Purchase Price-Incremental 1 have been fully drawn.
b.Seller shall request that Administrative Agent enter into a Transaction by delivering (i) to Administrative Agent, a Transaction Request (A) one (1) Business Day prior to the proposed Purchase Date for Mortgage Loans that are not Wet-Ink Mortgage Loans or (B) by 3:30 p.m. (New York City time) on the proposed Purchase Date for Wet-Ink Mortgage Loans and (ii) to Administrative Agent and Custodian an Asset Schedule in accordance with the Custodial Agreement. In the event the Asset Schedule provided by Seller contains erroneous computer data, is not formatted properly or the computer fields are otherwise improperly aligned, Administrative Agent shall provide written or electronic notice to Seller describing such error and Seller shall correct the computer data, reformat or properly align the computer fields itself and resubmit the Asset Schedule as required herein.
c.With respect to any eMortgage Loan, Seller shall deliver to Custodian each of Administrative Agent’s and Seller’s MERS Org IDs, and shall cause (i) the Authoritative Copy of the related eNote to be delivered to the eVault via a secure electronic file, (ii) the Controller status of the related eNote to be transferred to Administrative Agent, (iii) the Location status of the related eNote to be transferred to Custodian, and (iv) the Delegatee status of the related eNote to be transferred to Custodian, in each case using MERS eDelivery and the MERS eRegistry and (v) the Master Servicer Field or Subservicer Field, as applicable, status of the related eNote to be transferred to Seller (collectively, the “eNote Delivery Requirements”).
d.With respect to a Simultaneously Funded Early Buyout Loan for which Seller has submitted a Transaction Request, provided that the GNMA Haircut Amount has been remitted to the Administrative Agent, Administrative Agent shall remit the purchase price due to GNMA for such Simultaneously Funded Early Buyout Loan to the general payment clearing account of Servicer. Within one (1) Business Day of such remittance, Seller shall cause Servicer to (i) segregate and remit such purchase price to the custodial account held for the Seller and (ii) report to GNMA that such Simultaneously Funded Early Buyout Loan has been repurchased from GNMA. In the event that Servicer fails to repurchase such Simultaneously Funded Early Buyout Loan, Seller shall cause Servicer to remit the Purchase Price for such Simultaneously Funded Early Buyout Loan to the account set forth in Section 9 within one (1) Business Day following the related Purchase Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, when a Simultaneously Funded Early Buyout Loan is repurchased,
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the Purchase Date hereunder shall be deemed the date of remittance of proceeds by Administrative Agent to Servicer.
e.Upon the satisfaction of the applicable conditions precedent set forth in Section 10 hereof, all of Seller’s interest in the Repurchase Assets shall pass to Administrative Agent on behalf of Buyers on the Purchase Date, against the transfer of the Purchase Price to Seller. Upon transfer of the Purchased Assets to Administrative Agent on behalf of Buyers as set forth in this Section and until termination of any related Transactions as set forth in Sections 4 or 16 of this Agreement, ownership of each Purchased Asset, including each document in the related Asset File and Records, is vested in the Buyers identified under the Administration Agreement; provided that, prior to the recordation, record title shall be retained by the Seller, in trust, for the benefit of Buyers, for the sole purpose of facilitating the servicing and the supervision of the servicing of the Mortgage Loans. For the avoidance of doubt, the parties acknowledge and agree that the Purchased Assets shall be held by the Administrative Agent for the benefit of Buyers, as more particularly set forth in the Administration Agreement.
f.With respect to each Wet-Ink Mortgage Loan, by no later than the Wet-Ink Delivery Date, Seller shall cause the related Settlement Agent to deliver to the applicable Custodian the remaining documents in the Asset File as more particularly set forth in the related Custodial Agreement.
4.Repurchase
a.Seller shall repurchase the related Purchased Assets from Administrative Agent for the benefit of Buyers on each related Repurchase Date. Such obligation to repurchase exists without regard to any prior or intervening liquidation or foreclosure with respect to any Purchased Mortgage Loan (but liquidation or foreclosure proceeds received by Administrative Agent shall be applied to reduce the Repurchase Price for such Purchased Mortgage Loan on each Price Differential Payment Date except as otherwise provided herein). Seller is obligated to repurchase and take physical possession of the Purchased Assets and related Asset Files from Administrative Agent or its designee (including the Custodian) at Seller’s expense on the related Repurchase Date.
b.Provided that no Default shall have occurred and is continuing, and Administrative Agent has received the related Repurchase Price (excluding accrued and unpaid Price Differential, which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall be paid on the next succeeding Price Differential Payment Date) upon repurchase of the Purchased Assets, Administrative Agent and Buyers will each be deemed to have released their respective interests hereunder in the Purchased Assets (and the Repurchase Assets related thereto) at the request of Seller. The Purchased Assets (and the Repurchase Assets related thereto) shall be delivered to Seller free and clear of any lien, encumbrance or claim of Administrative Agent or the Buyers, and the Administrative Agent shall execute and deliver such terminations and releases as the Seller may reasonably request to evidence the foregoing. With respect to payments in full by the related Mortgagor of a Purchased Mortgage Loan, Seller agrees to promptly remit (or cause to be remitted) to Administrative Agent for the benefit of Buyers the Repurchase Price with respect to such Purchased Mortgage Loan. Administrative Agent and Buyers agree to release their respective interests in Purchased Mortgage Loans which have been prepaid
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in full after receipt of evidence of compliance with the immediately preceding sentence.
c.Prior to a GNMA EBO becoming a real estate owned property, Seller shall (i) notify Administrative Agent in writing that such GNMA EBO shall become a real estate owned property and (ii) the Asset Value on account of the related GNMA EBO shall be decreased to zero and Seller shall immediately repurchase such GNMA EBO prior to the conversion of the GNMA EBO to a real estate owned property.
5.Price Differential.
a.On each Business Day that a Transaction is outstanding, the Pricing Rate shall be reset and, unless otherwise agreed, the accrued and unpaid Price Differential for the preceding Pricing Period shall be settled in cash on each related Price Differential Payment Date. Two (2) Business Days prior to the Price Differential Payment Date, Administrative Agent shall give Seller written or electronic notice of the amount of the Price Differential due on such Price Differential Payment Date. On the Price Differential Payment Date, Seller shall pay to Administrative Agent the Price Differential for the benefit of Buyers for such Price Differential Payment Date (along with any other amounts then due and owing pursuant to Sections 7 and 36 hereof and Section 3 of the Pricing Side Letter), by wire transfer in immediately available funds.
b.If Seller fails to pay all or part of the Price Differential by 3:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the related Price Differential Payment Date, with respect to any Purchased Asset, Seller shall be obligated to pay to Administrative Agent for the benefit of Buyers (in addition to, and together with, the amount of such Price Differential) interest on the unpaid Repurchase Price at a rate per annum equal to the Post-Default Rate until the Price Differential is received in full by Administrative Agent for the benefit of Buyers.
c.If prior to any Price Differential Payment Date, Administrative Agent determines in its sole good faith discretion that, by reason of circumstances affecting the relevant market, (i) adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Reference Rate; (ii) the Reference Rate is no longer in existence; (iii) continued implementation of the Reference Rate is no longer operationally, administratively or technically feasible or no significant market practice for the administration of the Reference Rate exists, (iv) the Reference Rate will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to Administrative Agent and Buyers of purchasing or maintaining Transactions or (v) the administrator of the Reference Rate or a Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over Administrative Agent has made a public statement identifying a specific date after which the Reference Rate shall no longer be made available or used for determining the interest rate of loans, Administrative Agent may give prompt notice thereof to Seller, whereupon the rate for such period that will replace the Reference Rate for such period, and for all subsequent periods until such notice has been withdrawn by Administrative Agent, shall be the greater of (x) an alternative benchmark rate (including any mathematical or other adjustments to the benchmark rate (if any) incorporated therein) and (y) zero, together with any proposed Successor Rate Conforming Changes, as determined by Administrative Agent in its sole good faith discretion (any such rate, a “Successor Rate”).
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d.To the extent Administrative Agent implements a Successor Rate and Successor Rate Conforming Changes it will promptly notify Seller Parties of the effectiveness of any such changes. Any determination of a Successor Rate and the adoption of Successor Rate Conforming Changes shall be made by Buyer in a manner substantially consistent with market practice with respect to similarly situated counterparties with substantially similar assets in similar facilities and any such Successor Rate Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of Seller Parties to this Agreement or the other Program Agreements.
6.Margin Maintenance; Reallocation of Purchase Price
a.If at any time the outstanding Purchase Price-Base plus Purchase Price-Incremental 1 of any Purchased Asset subject to a Transaction is greater than the Asset Value-Base plus Asset Value-Incremental 1 of such Purchased Asset subject to a Transaction (a “Margin Deficit”), then Administrative Agent may by notice to Seller require Seller to transfer to Administrative Agent for the benefit of Buyers cash in an amount at least equal to the Margin Deficit (such requirement, a “Margin Call”).
b.Notice delivered pursuant to Section 6(a) above may be given by any written or electronic means. Any notice given before 12:00 noon (New York City time) on a Business Day shall be met, and the related Margin Call satisfied, no later than 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on such Business Day; notice given after 12:00 noon (New York City time) on a Business Day shall be met, and the related Margin Call satisfied, no later than 12:00 noon (New York City time) on the following Business Day (the foregoing time requirements for satisfaction of a Margin Call are referred to as the “Margin Deadlines”). The failure of Administrative Agent, on any one or more occasions, to exercise its rights hereunder, shall not change or alter the terms and conditions to which this Agreement is subject or limit the right of Administrative Agent to do so at a later date. Seller and Administrative Agent each agree that a failure or delay by Administrative Agent to exercise its rights hereunder shall not limit or waive Administrative Agent’s or Buyers’ rights under this Agreement or otherwise existing by law or in any way create additional rights for Seller.
c.In the event that a Margin Deficit exists with respect to any Purchased Asset, Administrative Agent may retain any funds received by it to which the Seller would otherwise be entitled hereunder, which funds (i) shall be held by Administrative Agent against the related Margin Deficit and (ii) may be applied by Administrative Agent against the Repurchase Price of any Purchased Asset for which the related Margin Deficit remains otherwise unsatisfied. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrative Agent retains the right, in its sole discretion, to make a Margin Call in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6.
d.If at any time the outstanding Purchase Price-Base plus Purchase Price-Incremental 1 of any Purchased Mortgage Loan which is subject to a Transaction is greater than the Asset Value-Base plus Asset Value-Incremental 1 of such Purchased Mortgage Loan (a “Purchase Price Deficit-Base/Incremental 1”), and such Purchase Price Deficit-Base/Incremental 1 does not constitute a Margin Deficit, then the amount of such Purchase Price Deficit-Base/Incremental 1 shall be reallocated by the
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Administrative Agent and added to the Purchase Price-Incremental 2; provided that the Administrative Agent agrees to promptly notify (which for this purpose may be by electronic communication) the Seller after such reallocation; provided further that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such reallocation and application of such funds.
7.Income Payments
a.Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, at the request of the Administrative Agent, Seller shall, and shall cause Servicer to, deposit all Income into the account set forth in Section 9, upon receipt thereof, in accordance with Section 12(c) hereof. All Income received on account of the Purchased Assets during the term of a Transaction shall be the property of Administrative Agent for the benefit of Buyers.
b.(1) Seller shall remit all Income (other than claims addressed pursuant to Section 7(b)(2) and prepayments of principal in full addressed pursuant to Section 7(d)) with respect to each GNMA EBO to Servicer within one (1) Business Day following receipt thereof. Seller shall cause the applicable Servicer of GNMA EBOs to deposit all Income (other than claims addressed pursuant to Section 7(b)(2)) with respect to such GNMA EBOs (provided that to the extent HUD deducts from amounts otherwise due on account of a GNMA EBO subject to the Agreement, any amounts owing by Servicer to HUD which are not attributable to such GNMA EBO, Seller shall give prompt written notice thereof to Administrative Agent and shall remit, within five (5) Business Days following notice or knowledge of such deduction by HUD, such deducted amounts to the Collection Account) into the Collection Account within two (2) Business Days of receipt thereof. On the Business Day prior to the Remittance Date, Seller shall cause the Servicer to remit all funds on deposit in the Collection Account to Seller. On the Remittance Date, Seller shall remit all such funds received from Servicer (minus payments received on account of interest in excess of the Price Differential) to the Administrative Agent at the account set forth in Section 9 or as otherwise instructed by Administrative Agent in writing. On the Remittance Report Date, Seller shall provide to Administrative Agent a written report detailing the application of funds in the Collection Account on the applicable Remittance Date. Provided no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, funds remitted to the Administrative Agent during any Collection Period shall be applied by Administrative Agent on each Remittance Date prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default as follows:
(a)first, to Administrative Agent for the benefit of Buyers on account of due but unpaid fees, expenses, indemnity amounts and any other amounts then due and owing to the Administrative Agent or Buyers from the Seller under this Agreement;
(b)second, to Administrative Agent for the benefit of Buyers an amount sufficient to eliminate any outstanding Margin Deficit; and
(c)third, all remaining amounts (if any), to the Seller.
Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this Section 7, upon the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default, Administrative Agent shall apply all Income in the Collection Account to reduce the Obligations hereunder to zero.
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(2) The Seller shall be listed as the mortgagee of record and shall deposit all claims submitted on account of GNMA EBOs into the payee account (the “Clearing Account”) and shall transfer (or cause to be transferred) all such amounts so received to Servicer on the same or next Business Day following receipt thereof. Seller shall cause Servicer to remit all such funds in the Collection Account within two (2) Business Days of receipt thereof. To the extent HUD deducts any amounts owing by the Seller to HUD, which are not attributable to the GNMA EBOs, the Seller shall remit, within five (5) Business Days following receipt of notice or knowledge of such deduction, such deducted amounts into the Collection Account.
c.Provided no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, on each Price Differential Payment Date, Seller shall remit to Administrative Agent for the benefit of Buyers an amount equal to the Price Differential in accordance with Section 5 of this Agreement.
d.Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this Section 7, Seller shall cause Servicer to, upon receipt thereof, deposit any prepayment of principal in full with respect to any Purchased Mortgage Loan into the Collection Account. Within one (1) Business Day after receipt by Servicer, Seller shall cause Servicer to remit such amount to Seller. On the same day as receipt thereof, Seller shall remit such amount to Administrative Agent for the benefit of Buyers and Administrative Agent shall apply any such amount received to reduce the amount of the Repurchase Price due upon termination of the related Transaction.
8.Security Interest
a.Conveyance; Security Interest. (1) On each Purchase Date, Seller hereby sells, assigns and conveys all rights and interests in the Purchased Assets identified on the related Asset Schedule, including related Servicing Rights and Asset Documents, and the Repurchase Assets to Administrative Agent for the benefit of Buyers. Although the parties intend that all Transactions hereunder be sales and purchases and not loans, in the event any such Transactions are deemed to be loans, and in any event, Seller hereby pledges to Administrative Agent as security for the performance by Seller of the Obligations and hereby grants, assigns and pledges to Administrative Agent a fully perfected first priority security interest (in each case, to the extent a security interest may be perfected by possession, control or filing of a UCC financing statement) in the Purchased Assets, including related Servicing Rights and Asset Documents related to such Purchased Assets, the Servicer Advances related to such Purchased Assets, all debenture interests payable by HUD on account of any GNMA EBO which constitutes a Purchased Asset, any Agency Security or right to receive such Agency Security when issued to the extent backed by any of the Purchased Assets, the Records related to the Purchased Assets, the Program Agreements (to the extent such Program Agreements and Seller’s rights thereunder relate to the Purchased Assets), any related Take-out Commitments related to such Purchased Assets, any Property relating to the Purchased Assets, all insurance policies and insurance proceeds relating to any Purchased Asset or the related Mortgaged Property, including, but not limited to, any payments or proceeds under any related primary insurance, hazard insurance and FHA Mortgage Insurance Contracts and VA Loan Guaranty Agreements (if any), Income related to such Purchased Assets, the Collection Account,
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Interest Rate Protection Agreements related to such Purchased Assets, deposit accounts or securities accounts related to the Purchased Assets (including any interest of Seller in escrow accounts) and any other contract rights, instruments, deposit accounts or securities accounts, payments, rights to payment (including payments of interest or finance charges), general intangibles and other assets, in each case, relating to the Purchased Assets and any proceeds (including the related securitization proceeds) and distributions with respect to any of the foregoing, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, now existing or hereafter created in each case excluding any Take-out Commitments and Interest Rate Protection Agreements to the extent Seller may not, pursuant to the provisions thereof, assign or transfer, or pledge or grant a security interest in, such Take-out Commitments or Interest Rate Protection Agreements without the consent of, or without violating its obligations to, the related Take-out Investor or counterparty to such Interest Rate Hedging Agreement, but only to the extent such provisions are not rendered ineffective against the Administrative Agent under Article 9, Part 4 of the Uniform Commercial Code (collectively, the “Repurchase Assets”). (2) Administrative Agent and Seller hereby agree that in order to further secure Seller’s Obligations hereunder, Seller hereby grants to Administrative Agent, for the benefit of Buyers, a security interest in Seller’s rights under the VFN Repurchase Agreement, including, without limitation, any rights to receive payments thereunder or any rights to collateral thereunder whether now owned or hereafter acquired, now existing or hereafter created. Seller shall deliver an irrevocable instruction (the “Irrevocable Instruction Letter”) to the buyer under the VFN Repurchase Agreement that upon receipt of a notice of an Event of Default under this Agreement, the buyer thereunder is authorized and instructed to remit to Administrative Agent for the benefit of Buyers hereunder directly any amounts otherwise payable to Seller and to deliver to Administrative Agent for the benefit of Buyers all collateral otherwise deliverable to Seller. In furtherance of the foregoing, the Irrevocable Instruction Letter shall also require, upon (i) repayment of the entire obligations under the VFN Repurchase Agreement and the termination of all obligations of the seller thereunder or other termination of the VFN Repurchase Agreement following the repayment of all obligations thereunder, and (ii) if buyer thereunder has received a notice of an Event of Default under this Agreement, that the buyer thereunder deliver to Administrative Agent for the benefit of Buyers hereunder any collateral then in its possession or control.
b.Servicing Rights. Seller acknowledges that it has no rights to service the Purchased Mortgage Loans except to the extent set forth in this Agreement, the Servicer Notice or the Servicing Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing and in the event that Seller is deemed to retain any residual Servicing Rights, and for the avoidance of doubt, Seller grants, assigns and pledges to Administrative Agent a security interest in the Servicing Rights related to the Purchased Assets and proceeds related thereto and in all instances, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, now existing or hereafter created. The foregoing provision is intended to constitute a security agreement or other arrangement or other credit enhancement related to this Agreement and Transactions hereunder as defined under Sections 101(47)(A)(v) and 741(7)(A)(xi) of the Bankruptcy Code.
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c.Financing Statements. Seller agrees to execute, deliver and/or file such documents and perform such acts as may be reasonably necessary to fully perfect (in each case, to the extent a security interest may be perfected by possession, control or filing of a UCC financing statement) Administrative Agent’s security interest created hereby. Furthermore, Seller hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to file financing statements relating to the Repurchase Assets, as the Administrative Agent, at its option, may deem appropriate. The Seller shall pay the filing costs for any financing statement or statements prepared pursuant to this Section 8.
d.Power of Attorney. In addition to the foregoing, Seller agrees to execute a Power of Attorney, in the form of Exhibit D hereto, to be delivered on the date hereof which may be used only in accordance with Section 28 hereof.
e.Intent. The foregoing provisions in Section 8(a) and (b) are each intended to constitute a security agreement or other arrangement or other credit enhancement related to this Agreement and Transactions hereunder as defined under Sections 1001(47)(A)(v) and 741(7)(A)(xi) of the Bankruptcy Code.
9.Payment and Transfer
Unless otherwise mutually agreed in writing or as otherwise set forth in Section 7 hereof, all transfers of funds to be made by Seller hereunder shall be made in Dollars, in immediately available funds, without deduction, set-off or counterclaim, to Administrative Agent in the Program Account. Seller acknowledges that it has no rights of withdrawal from the Program Account. All Purchased Assets transferred by one party hereto to the other party shall be in the case of a purchase by a Buyer in suitable form for transfer or shall be accompanied by duly executed instruments of transfer or assignment in blank and such other documentation as Administrative Agent may reasonably request. All Purchased Assets shall be evidenced by a Trust Receipt. Any Repurchase Price received by Administrative Agent after 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) shall be deemed received on the next succeeding Business Day.
10.Conditions Precedent
a.Initial Transaction. As conditions precedent to the initial Transaction, Administrative Agent shall have received on or before the day of such initial Transaction the following, in form and substance satisfactory to Administrative Agent and duly executed by Seller and each other party thereto:
(1)Program Agreements. The Program Agreements duly executed and delivered by the parties thereto and being in full force and effect, free of any modification, breach or waiver.
(2)Security Interest. Evidence that all other actions necessary or, in the opinion of Administrative Agent, desirable to perfect and protect Administrative Agent’s and Buyers’ interest in the Purchased Assets and other Repurchase Assets have been taken, including, without limitation, duly authorized and filed Uniform Commercial Code financing statements on Form UCC-1.
(3)Organizational Documents. A certificate of the corporate secretary or other authorized person of Seller substantially in form and
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substance acceptable to Administrative Agent in its sole good faith discretion, attaching certified copies of Seller’s organizational documents and resolutions approving the Program Agreements and transactions thereunder (either specifically or by general resolution) and all documents evidencing other necessary corporate action or governmental approvals as may be required in connection with the Program Agreements.
(4)Good Standing Certificate. A certified copy of a good standing certificate from the jurisdiction of organization of Seller, dated as of no earlier than the date ten (10) Business Days prior to the Purchase Date with respect to the initial Transaction hereunder.
(5)Incumbency Certificate. An incumbency certificate of the corporate secretary or other authorized person of Seller, certifying the names, true signatures and titles of the representatives duly authorized to request transactions hereunder and to execute the Program Agreements.
(6)Opinion of Counsel. An opinion of Seller’s counsel, in form and substance acceptable to Administrative Agent in its sole discretion.
(7)Underwriting Guidelines. A true and correct copy of the Underwriting Guidelines certified by an officer of the Seller.
(8)Fees. Payment of any fees due to Administrative Agent and Buyers hereunder.
(9)Insurance. Evidence that Seller has added Administrative Agent as an additional loss payee under the Seller’s Fidelity Insurance.
b.All Transactions. The obligation of Administrative Agent for the benefit of Buyers to enter into each Transaction pursuant to this Agreement is subject to the following conditions precedent:
(1)Due Diligence Review. Without limiting the generality of Section 36 hereof, Administrative Agent and Buyers shall have completed, to their satisfaction, their due diligence review of the related Purchased Assets, Seller and the Servicer.
(2)Required Documents.
(a)With respect to each Purchased Mortgage Loan which is not a Wet-Ink Mortgage Loan, the Asset File has been delivered to the applicable Custodian in accordance with the applicable Custodial Agreement;
(b)With respect to each Wet-Ink Mortgage Loan, the Wet-Ink Documents have been delivered to Administrative Agent or the applicable Custodian, as the case may be, in accordance with the applicable Custodial Agreement.
(3)Transaction Documents. Administrative Agent or its designee shall have received on or before the day of such Transaction (unless otherwise specified in this Agreement) the following, in form and substance satisfactory to Administrative Agent and (if applicable) duly executed:
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(a)A Transaction Request and Asset Schedule delivered by Seller pursuant to Section 3(b) hereof.
(b)If not a Wet-Ink Mortgage Loan, the Request for Certification and the related Asset Schedule delivered by Seller, and (i) with respect to Mortgage Loans other than Simultaneously Funded Early Buyout Loans, the Trust Receipt and the Custodial Asset Schedule or (ii) with respect to Mortgage Loans that are Simultaneously Funded Early Buyout Loans, a preliminary Custodial Asset Schedule, in each case, delivered by the Custodian.
(c)Such certificates, opinions of counsel or other documents as Administrative Agent may reasonably request.
(4)No Default. No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
(5)Requirements of Law. Neither Administrative Agent nor Buyers shall have determined that the introduction of or a change in any Requirement of Law or in the interpretation or administration of any Requirement of Law applicable to Administrative Agent or any Buyer has made it unlawful, and no Governmental Authority shall have asserted that it is unlawful, for Administrative Agent or any Buyer to enter into Transactions with a Pricing Rate based on the Reference Rate.
(6)Representations and Warranties. Both immediately prior to the related Transaction and also after giving effect thereto and to the intended use thereof, the representations and warranties made by Seller in each Program Agreement shall be true, correct and complete on and as of such Purchase Date in all material respects with the same force and effect as if made on and as of such date (or, if any such representation or warranty is expressly stated to have been made as of a specific date, as of such specific date).
(7)Electronic Tracking Agreement. To the extent Seller is selling Mortgage Loans which are registered on the MERS® System, an Electronic Tracking Agreement entered into, duly executed and delivered by the parties thereto and being in full force and effect, free of any modification, breach or waiver.
(8)Material Adverse Change. None of the following shall have occurred and/or be continuing:
a.an event or events shall have occurred in the good faith determination of a Buyer resulting in the effective absence of a “repo market” or comparable “lending market” for financing debt obligations secured by mortgage loans or securities or an event or events shall have occurred resulting in such Buyer not being able to finance Purchased Mortgage Loans through the “repo market” or “lending market” with traditional counterparties at rates which would have been reasonable prior to the occurrence of such event or events; or
b.an event or events shall have occurred resulting in the effective absence of a “securities market” for securities backed by mortgage loans or an event or events shall have occurred resulting in such Buyer not being able to sell securities backed by mortgage loans at prices which would have been reasonable prior to such event or events; or
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c.there shall have occurred (i) a material change in financial markets, an outbreak or escalation of hostilities or a material change in national or international political, financial or economic conditions; (ii) a general suspension of trading on major stock exchanges; or (iii) a disruption in or moratorium on commercial banking activities or securities settlement services; or
d.there shall have occurred a material adverse change in the financial condition of a Buyer which affects (or can reasonably be expected to affect) materially and adversely the ability of such Buyer to fund its obligations under this Agreement.
(9)DE Compare Ratio. Seller’s DE Compare Ratio is less than [***]%.
(10)No HUD Suspension. HUD has not suspended Seller’s ability to originate FHA Loans in any jurisdiction.
(11)GNMA EBOs. Prior to giving effect to any Transaction with respect to GNMA EBOs, Seller shall deliver to Administrative Agent a Servicer Notice addressed to the Servicer of the related GNMA EBOs and agreed to by the Seller and such Servicer, in form and substance acceptable to Administrative Agent, duly executed by the parties thereto.
(12)Designated Mortgage Loan – Purchase Price Incremental 2. With respect to each proposed Transaction for which the Purchase Price-Incremental 2 for a Designated Mortgage Loan will be funded, (i) no Disqualification Event shall have occurred and be continuing, (ii) the Purchase Price-Base and Purchase Price-Incremental 1 shall be fully drawn and (iii) the Purchase Price-Incremental 2 shall be fully drawn upon.
11.Program; Costs
a.Seller shall reimburse Administrative Agent and Buyers for any of Administrative Agent’s and Buyers’ reasonable out-of-pocket costs, including due diligence review costs and reasonable attorney’s fees, incurred by Administrative Agent and Buyers in determining the acceptability to Administrative Agent and Buyers of any Mortgage Loans. Seller shall also pay, or reimburse Administrative Agent and Buyers if Administrative Agent or Buyers shall pay, any termination fee, which may be due any Servicer that is replaced or terminated in accordance with this Agreement. Seller shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of Administrative Agent’s and Buyers’ counsel in connection with the Program Agreements. Reasonable legal fees for any subsequent amendments to this Agreement or related documents shall be borne by Seller. Seller shall pay ongoing custodial fees and expenses as set forth in the related Custodial Agreement, and any other ongoing fees and expenses set forth in any other Program Agreement. Without limiting the foregoing, Seller shall pay all fees as and when required under the Pricing Side Letter.
b.If any Buyer determines that, due to the introduction of, any change in, or the compliance by such Buyer with, after the date of this Agreement (i) any Eurocurrency reserve requirement or (ii) the interpretation of any law, regulation or any guideline or request from any central bank or other Governmental Authority (whether or not having the force of law), there shall be an increase in the cost to such Buyer in engaging in the present or any
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future Transactions, then Seller agrees to pay to such Buyer, from time to time, upon demand by such Buyer (with a copy to Custodian) the actual cost of additional amounts as specified by such Buyer to compensate such Buyer for such increased costs.
c.With respect to any Transaction, Administrative Agent and Buyers may conclusively rely upon, and shall incur no liability to Seller in acting upon, any request or other communication that Administrative Agent and Buyers reasonably believe to have been given or made by a person authorized to enter into a Transaction on Seller’s behalf, whether or not such person is listed on the certificate delivered pursuant to Section 10(a)(5) hereof.
d.Notwithstanding the assignment of the Program Agreements with respect to each Purchased Asset to Administrative Agent for the benefit of Buyers, Seller agrees and covenants with Administrative Agent and Buyers to enforce diligently Seller’s rights and remedies set forth in the Program Agreements.
e.(i) Any payments made by Seller to Administrative Agent or a Buyer under any Program Agreement shall be made free and clear of and without deduction or withholding for any Taxes, except as required by applicable law. If Seller shall be required by applicable law (as determined in the good faith discretion of the applicable withholding agent) to deduct or withhold any Tax from any sums payable to Administrative Agent or a Buyer, then (i) the Seller shall make such deductions or withholdings and pay the full amount deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law; (ii) to the extent the withheld or deducted Tax is an Indemnified Tax or Other Tax, the sum payable shall be increased as necessary so that after making all required deductions and withholdings (including deductions and withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 11(e)) Administrative Agent receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions or withholdings been made; and (iii) the Seller shall notify the Administrative Agent of the amount paid and shall provide the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by the relevant Governmental Authority evidencing such payment within ten (10) days thereafter. Seller shall otherwise indemnify Administrative Agent and such Buyer, within ten (10) days after demand therefor, for any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed on Administrative Agent or such Buyer (including Indemnified Taxes and Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 11(e)) and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority.
(ii) Administrative Agent shall and shall cause each Buyer to deliver to the Seller, at the time or times reasonably requested by the Seller, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by the Seller as will permit payments made hereunder to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. In addition, Administrative Agent shall and shall cause each Buyer, if reasonably requested by Seller, to deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Seller as will enable the Seller to determine whether or not Administrative Agent or such Buyer is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 11, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation in Section 11(e)((ii)(A), (B) and (C) below) shall not be required if in a Buyer’s judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Buyer to
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any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Buyer. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Administrative Agent shall and shall cause a Buyer to deliver to the Seller, to the extent legally entitled to do so:
(A) in the case of a Buyer or Buyer assignee or participant which is a “U.S. Person” as defined in section 7701(a)(30) of the Code, a properly completed and executed Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) Form W-9 certifying that it is not subject to U.S. federal backup withholding tax;
(B) in the case of a Buyer or Buyer assignee or participant which is not a “U.S. Person” as defined in Code section 7701(a)(30): (I) a properly completed and executed IRS Form W-8BEN, W-8BEN-E or W-8ECI, as appropriate, evidencing entitlement to a zero percent or reduced rate of U.S. federal income tax withholding on any payments made hereunder, (II) in the case of such non-U.S. Person claiming exemption from the withholding of U.S. federal income tax under Code sections 871(h) or 881(c) with respect to payments of “portfolio interest,” a duly executed certificate (a “U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate”) to the effect that such non-U.S. Person is not (x) a “bank” within the meaning of Code section 881(c)(3)(A), (y) a “10 percent shareholder” of Seller or affiliate thereof, within the meaning of Code section 881(c)(3)(B), or (z) a “controlled foreign corporation” described in Code section 881(c)(3)(C), (III) to the extent such non-U.S. person is not the beneficial owner, executed originals of IRS Form W-8IMY, accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN, IRS Form W-8BEN-E, a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate, IRS Form W-9, and/or other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable; provided that if such non-U.S. person is a partnership and one or more direct or indirect partners of such non-U.S. person are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such non-U.S. person may provide a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner, and (IV) executed originals of any other form or supplementary documentation prescribed by law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in United States federal withholding tax together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by law to permit Seller to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made.
(C) if a payment made to a Buyer or Buyer assignee or participant under this Agreement would be subject to U.S. federal withholding tax imposed by FATCA if such Buyer or assignee or participant were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), Administrative Agent on behalf of such Buyer or assignee or participant shall deliver to the Seller at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Seller such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Seller as may be necessary for the Seller to comply with their obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this Section 11(e), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.
The applicable IRS forms referred to above shall be delivered by Administrative Agent on behalf of each applicable Buyer or Buyer assignee or participant on or prior to the date on which such person becomes a Buyer or Buyer assignee or participant under this Agreement, as the case may be, and upon the obsolescence or invalidity of any IRS form previously delivered by it hereunder.
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f.Any indemnification payable by Seller to Administrative Agent or a Buyer for Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes that are imposed on Administrative Agent or such Buyer, as described in Section 11(e)(i) hereof, shall be paid by Seller within ten (10) days after demand therefor from Administrative Agent. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Seller by the Administrative Agent on behalf of a Buyer shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
g.Each party’s obligations under this Section 11 shall survive any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Buyer, and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under any Program Agreement.
h. Each party to this Agreement acknowledges that it is its intent for purposes of U.S. federal, state and local income and franchise taxes to treat each Transaction as indebtedness of Seller that is secured by the Purchased Assets, and the Purchased Assets as owned by Seller in the absence of an Event of Default by Seller. Administrative Agent, each Buyer and Seller agree that they will treat and report for all tax purposes the Transactions entered into hereunder as one or more loans from a Buyer to Seller secured by the Purchased Mortgage Loans, unless otherwise prohibited by law or upon a final determination by any taxing authority that the Transactions are not loans for tax purposes.
12.Servicing
a.Seller, on Administrative Agent’s and Buyers’ behalf, shall contract with Servicer to, or if Seller is the Servicer, Seller shall, service the Purchased Mortgage Loans consistent with the degree of skill and care that Seller customarily requires with respect to similar Purchased Mortgage Loans owned or managed by it and in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices. The Seller and Servicer shall (i) comply in all material respects with all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations related to the servicing of such Purchased Mortgage Loans, (ii) maintain all state and federal licenses necessary for it to perform its servicing responsibilities hereunder and (iii) not impair the rights of Administrative Agent or Buyers in any Purchased Mortgage Loans or any payment thereunder. Administrative Agent may terminate the servicing of any Purchased Mortgage Loans with the then existing Servicer in accordance with Section 12.e hereof.
b.Seller shall, and shall cause the Servicer to, hold or cause to be held all escrow funds collected by Seller and Servicer with respect to any Purchased Mortgage Loans in trust accounts and shall apply the same for the purposes for which such funds were collected.
c.Seller shall, and shall cause the Servicer to, remit all collections received by Servicer (x) with respect to the Purchased Mortgage Loans, at the request of the Administrative Agent at any time an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, to the account set forth in Section 9 hereof and (y) with respect to the GNMA EBOs, at all times prior to an Event of Default, to the Collection Account.
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Notice addressed to and agreed to by the Servicer of the related Purchased Mortgage Loans, advising such Servicer of such matters as Administrative Agent may reasonably request, including, without limitation, recognition by the Servicer of Administrative Agent’s and Buyers’ interest in such Purchased Mortgage Loans and the Servicer’s agreement that upon receipt of notice of an Event of Default from Administrative Agent, it will follow the instructions of Administrative Agent with respect to the Purchased Mortgage Loans and any related Income with respect thereto.
e.Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default hereunder or a material default under the Servicing Agreement, Administrative Agent shall have the right to immediately terminate the Servicer’s right to service the Purchased Mortgage Loans without payment of any penalty or termination fee. For the avoidance of doubt, such termination by Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any payment requirement under the Servicing Agreement including, without limitation, the Exit Fee (as defined in the Servicing Agreement) and any reimbursement for Servicer’s expenses, all of which shall remain an obligation of the Seller. Seller and the Servicer shall cooperate in transferring the servicing of the Purchased Mortgage Loans to a successor servicer appointed by Administrative Agent on behalf of Buyers in its sole discretion. For the avoidance of doubt any termination of the Servicer’s rights to service by the Administrative Agent as a result of an Event of Default shall be deemed part of an exercise of the Administrative Agent’s rights to cause the liquidation, termination or acceleration of this Agreement.
f.If Seller should discover that, for any reason whatsoever, Seller or any entity responsible to Seller for managing or servicing any such Purchased Mortgage Loan has failed to perform fully Seller’s obligations under the Program Agreements or any of the obligations of such entities with respect to the Purchased Mortgage Loans, Seller shall promptly notify Administrative Agent.
g.Reserved.
h.For the avoidance of doubt, the Seller retains no economic rights to the servicing of the Purchased Mortgage Loans other than as set forth herein. As such, the Seller expressly acknowledges that the Purchased Mortgage Loans are sold to Administrative Agent for the benefit of Buyers on a “servicing released” basis with such servicing retained by the Servicer.
13.Representations and Warranties
a.Seller represents and warrants to Administrative Agent and Buyers as of the date hereof and as of each Purchase Date for any Transaction that:
(1)Seller Existence. Seller has been duly organized and is validly existing as a limited liability company in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware.
(2)Licenses. Seller is duly licensed and has all material governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals necessary to own its assets and carry on its business as now being or as proposed to be conducted and complies in all material respects with all applicable federal, state or local laws, rules and regulations. Seller has the requisite power and authority and legal right to originate and purchase Mortgage Loans (as
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applicable) and to own, sell and grant a lien on all of its right, title and interest in and to the Mortgage Loans, and to execute and deliver, engage in the transactions contemplated by, and perform and observe the terms and conditions of, each Program Agreement and any Transaction Request. Seller is an FHA Approved Mortgagee and, to the extent Seller is originating VA Loans, a VA Approved Lender.
(3)Power. Seller has all requisite corporate or other power, and has all material governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals necessary to own its assets and carry on its business as now being or as proposed to be conducted.
(4)Due Authorization. Seller has all necessary corporate or other power, authority and legal right to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under each of the Program Agreements, as applicable. Each Program Agreement has been (or, in the case of Program Agreements not yet executed, will be) duly authorized, executed and delivered by Seller, all requisite or other corporate action having been taken, and each is valid, binding and enforceable against Seller in accordance with its terms except as such enforcement may be affected by bankruptcy, by other insolvency laws, or by general principles of equity.
(5)Financial Statements. The Seller has heretofore furnished to Administrative Agent a copy of (a) its consolidated balance sheet and the consolidated balance sheets of its consolidated Subsidiaries for the fiscal years of the Seller ended December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2015 and the related consolidated statements of income and retained earnings and of cash flows for the Seller and its consolidated Subsidiaries for such fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous year, with the opinion thereon of Grant Thornton LLP (for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2014) and Ernst & Young LLP (for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015) and (b) its consolidated balance sheet and the consolidated balance sheets of its consolidated Subsidiaries for the quarterly fiscal period of the Seller ended September 30, 2016 and the related consolidated statements of income and retained earnings and of cash flows for the Seller and its consolidated Subsidiaries for such quarterly fiscal period, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous year. All such financial statements are complete and correct and fairly present, in all material respects, the consolidated financial condition of the Seller and its Subsidiaries and the consolidated results of their operations as at such dates and for such fiscal periods, all in accordance with GAAP (other than with respect to unaudited financial statements, footnotes, year-end adjustments and cash flow statements) applied on a consistent basis. Since December 31, 2015, there has been no material adverse change in the consolidated business, operations or financial condition of the Seller and its consolidated Subsidiaries taken as a whole from that set forth in said financial statements nor is Seller aware of any state of facts which (with notice or the lapse of time) would reasonably be expected to result in any such material adverse change. The Seller has, on the date of the statements delivered pursuant to this Section (the “Statement Date”) no material liabilities, direct or indirect, fixed or contingent, matured or unmatured, known or unknown, or material liabilities for taxes, long-term leases or unusual forward or long-term commitments not disclosed by, or reserved against in, said balance sheet and related statements, and at the present time there are no material unrealized or
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anticipated losses from any loans, advances or other commitments of Seller except as heretofore disclosed to Administrative Agent in writing.
(6)Event of Default. There exists no Event of Default under Section 15(b) hereof, which default gives rise to a right to accelerate indebtedness as referenced in Section 15(b) hereof, under any mortgage, borrowing agreement or other instrument or agreement pertaining to indebtedness for borrowed money or to the repurchase of mortgage loans or securities.
(7)Solvency. Seller is solvent and will not be rendered insolvent by any Transaction and, after giving effect to such Transaction, will not be left with an unreasonably small amount of capital with which to engage in its business. Seller does not intend to incur, nor believes that it has incurred, debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature and is not contemplating the commencement of insolvency, bankruptcy, liquidation or consolidation proceedings or the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, conservator, trustee or similar official in respect of such entity or any of its assets. The amount of consideration being received by Seller upon the sale of the Purchased Assets to Administrative Agent for the benefit of Buyers constitutes reasonably equivalent value and fair consideration for such Purchased Assets. Seller is not transferring any Purchased Assets to Administrative Agent with any intent to hinder, delay or defraud any of its creditors.
(8)No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by Seller of each Program Agreement do not conflict in any material respect with any term or provision of the formation documents or by-laws of Seller. The execution, delivery and performance by Seller of each Program Agreement do not conflict, in any material respect, with any material law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, writ, injunction or decree applicable to Seller of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or governmental body having jurisdiction over Seller.
(9)True and Complete Disclosure. All information, reports, exhibits, schedules, financial statements or certificates of Seller or any Affiliate thereof or any of their officers furnished or to be furnished to Administrative Agent or Buyers in connection with the initial or any ongoing due diligence of Seller or any Affiliate or officer thereof, negotiation, preparation, or delivery of the Program Agreements are true and complete in all material respects and do not omit to disclose any material facts necessary to make the statements herein or therein, in light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading. All financial statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP (other than solely with respect to unaudited financial statements, footnotes, year-end adjustments and cash flow statements).
(10)Approvals. No consent, approval, authorization or order of, registration or filing with, or notice to any governmental authority or court is required under applicable law in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by Seller of each Program Agreement.
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which Seller has received service of process or, to the best of Seller’s knowledge threatened against it before any court, administrative agency or other tribunal (A) asserting the invalidity of any Program Agreement, (B) seeking to prevent the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated any Program Agreement, (C) excluding Ordinary Course Litigation making a claim individually or in an aggregate amount greater than $[***], or (D) which could reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the validity of the Purchased Assets or the performance by it of its obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of any Program Agreement.
(12)Material Adverse Change. There has been no Material Adverse Effect since the date set forth in the most recent financial statements supplied to Administrative Agent.
(13)Ownership. Upon payment of the Purchase Price and the filing of the financing statement and delivery of the Asset Files to the Custodian and the Custodian’s receipt of the related Request for Certification, Administrative Agent shall become the sole owner of the Purchased Assets and related Repurchase Assets for the benefit of the Buyers, free and clear of all liens and encumbrances.
(14)Underwriting Guidelines. The Underwriting Guidelines provided to Administrative Agent are the true and correct Underwriting Guidelines of the Seller.
(15)Taxes. Seller and its Subsidiaries have timely filed all income tax returns and other material tax returns that are required to be filed by them and have paid all taxes prior to delinquency, except for any such taxes as are being appropriately contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and with respect to which adequate reserves have been provided. The charges, accruals and reserves on the books of Seller and Seller’s Subsidiaries in respect of taxes and other governmental charges are, in the opinion of Seller, adequate.
(16)Investment Company. Neither Seller nor any of its Subsidiaries is an “investment company”, or a company “controlled” by an “investment company,” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(17)Chief Executive Office; Jurisdiction of Organization. On the Effective Date, Seller’s chief executive office, is and has been located at 6561 Irvine Center Drive, Irvine, CA 92618. On the Effective Date, Seller’s jurisdiction of organization is Delaware. Seller shall provide Administrative Agent with thirty (30) days advance notice of any change in Seller’s principal office or place of business, legal name or jurisdiction. Except as otherwise disclosed to the Administrative Agent in writing, Seller does not have any trade name. Except as otherwise disclosed to the Administrative Agent in writing, during the preceding five years, Seller has not been known by or done business under any other name, corporate or fictitious, and has not filed or had filed against it any bankruptcy receivership or similar petitions nor has it made any assignments for the benefit of creditors.
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to the Purchased Assets and the related Repurchase Assets is its chief executive office.
(19)Adjusted Tangible Net Worth. On the Effective Date, Seller’s Adjusted Tangible Net Worth is not less than the amount set forth in Section 2.1 of the Pricing Side Letter.
(20)ERISA. Each Plan to which Seller or its Subsidiaries make direct contributions, and, to the knowledge of Seller, each other Plan and each Multiemployer Plan, is in compliance in all material respects with, and has been administered in all material respects in compliance with, the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and any other Federal or State law.
(21)Adverse Selection. Seller has not selected the Purchased Assets in a manner so as to adversely affect Buyers’ interests.
(22)Agreements. Neither Seller nor any Subsidiary of Seller is in default in the performance, observance or fulfillment of any of the obligations, covenants or conditions contained in any agreement, instrument, or indenture which default could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, operations, properties, or financial condition of Seller as a whole.
(23)Other Indebtedness. All Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness evidenced by this Agreement) of Seller existing on the Effective Date is listed on Exhibit D to the Pricing Side Letter (the “Existing Indebtedness”).
(24)Agency Approvals. With respect to each Agency Security and to the extent necessary, Seller is an FHA Approved Mortgagee, a VA Approved Lender and approved by GNMA as an approved lender. Seller is also approved by Fannie Mae as an approved lender and Freddie Mac as an approved seller/servicer, and, to the extent necessary, approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act. In each such case, Seller is in good standing, with no event having occurred or Seller having any reason whatsoever to believe or suspect will occur prior to the issuance of the Agency Security or the consummation of the Take-out Commitment, as the case may be, including, without limitation, a change in insurance coverage which would either make Seller unable to comply with the eligibility requirements for maintaining all such applicable approvals or require notification to the relevant Agency or to the Department of Housing and Urban Development, FHA or VA. Should Seller for any reason cease to possess all such applicable approvals, or should notification to the relevant Agency or to the Department of Housing and Urban Development, FHA or VA be required, Seller shall so notify Administrative Agent immediately in writing.
(25)No Reliance. Seller has made its own independent decision to enter into the Program Agreements and each Transaction and as to whether such Transaction is appropriate and proper for it based upon its own judgment and upon advice from such advisors (including without limitation, legal counsel and accountants) as it has deemed necessary. Seller is not relying upon any advice from Administrative Agent or Buyers as to any aspect of the
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Transactions, including without limitation, the legal, accounting or tax treatment of such Transactions.
(26)Plan Assets. Seller is not an employee benefit plan as defined in Section 3 of Title I of ERISA, or a plan described in Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code, and the Purchased Assets are not “plan assets” within the meaning of 29 CFR §2510.3 101 as amended by Section 3(42) of ERISA, in Seller’s hands, and transactions by or with Seller are not subject to any state or local statute regulating investments or fiduciary obligations with respect to governmental plans within the meaning of Section 3(32) of ERISA or church plans within the meaning of Section 3(33) of ERISA.
(27)No Prohibited Persons. Neither Seller nor any of its Affiliates, officers, directors, partners or members, is an entity or person (or to Seller’s knowledge, 50 percent or greater owned by an entity or person): (i) whose name appears on the United States Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) most current list of “Specifically Designated National and Blocked Persons” (which list may be published from time to time in various mediums including, but not limited to, the OFAC website, http:www.treas.gov/ofac/t11sdn.pdf); or (ii) is otherwise the target of sanctions administered by OFAC (any and all parties or persons described in clauses (i) and (ii) above are herein referred to as a “Prohibited Person”).
(28)Servicing. Seller has adequate financial standing, servicing facilities, procedures and experienced personnel necessary for the sound servicing of mortgage loans of the same types as may from time to time constitute Mortgage Loans and in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices.
b.With respect to every Purchased Asset, Seller represents and warrants to Administrative Agent and Buyers as of the applicable Purchase Date for any Transaction and each date thereafter that each representation and warranty set forth on Schedule 1 is true and correct.
c.The representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement shall survive transfer of the Purchased Assets to Administrative Agent for the benefit of Buyers and each Buyer and shall continue for so long as the Purchased Assets are subject to this Agreement. Upon discovery by Seller or Administrative Agent of any breach of any of the representations or warranties set forth in this Agreement, the party discovering such breach shall promptly give notice of such discovery to the others. Administrative Agent has the right to require, in its unreviewable discretion, Seller to repurchase within one (1) Business Day after receipt of notice from Administrative Agent any Purchased Asset for which a breach of one or more of the representations and warranties referenced in Section 13(b) exists and which breach has a material adverse effect on the value of such Purchased Asset or the interests of Administrative Agent or Buyers, and such repurchase shall occur within one (1) Business Day after receipt of notice from Administrative Agent requesting the same.
14.Covenants
Seller covenants with Administrative Agent and Buyers that, during the term of this facility:
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a.Litigation. Seller will promptly, and in any event within ten (10) days after service of process on any of the following, give to Administrative Agent notice of all litigation, actions, suits, arbitrations (including, without limitation, any of the foregoing which are threatened or pending) or other legal or arbitrable proceedings affecting Seller or any of its Subsidiaries or affecting any of the Property of any of them before any Governmental Authority that (i) questions or challenges the validity or enforceability of any of the Program Agreements or any action to be taken in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) excluding Ordinary Course Litigation, makes a claim individually or in an aggregate amount greater than $[***], or (iii) which, individually or in the aggregate could be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect. Seller will promptly provide notice of any judgment, which with the passage of time, could cause an Event of Default hereunder.
b.Prohibition of Fundamental Changes. Seller shall not enter into any transaction of merger or consolidation or amalgamation, or liquidate, wind up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation, winding up or dissolution) or sell all or substantially all of its assets.
c.Servicing. Seller shall not cause the Purchased Mortgage Loans to be serviced by any Servicer other than a Servicer expressly approved in writing by Administrative Agent on behalf of Buyers, which approval shall be deemed granted by Administrative Agent on behalf of Buyers with respect to Seller and Cenlar FSB with the execution of this Agreement.
d.Insurance. The Seller shall continue to maintain, for Seller and its Subsidiaries, Fidelity Insurance in an aggregate amount acceptable to Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and GNMA. The Seller shall maintain, for Seller and its Subsidiaries, Fidelity Insurance in respect of its officers, employees and agents, with respect to any claims made in connection with all or any portion of the Repurchase Assets. The Seller shall notify the Administrative Agent of any material change in the terms of any such Fidelity Insurance.
e.No Adverse Claims. Seller warrants and will defend, and shall cause any Servicer to defend, the right, title and interest of Administrative Agent and Buyers in and to all Purchased Assets and the related Repurchase Assets against all adverse claims and demands.
f.Assignment. Except as permitted herein, neither Seller nor any Servicer shall sell, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of, or grant any option with respect to, or pledge, hypothecate or grant a security interest in or lien on or otherwise encumber (except pursuant to the Program Agreements), any of the Purchased Assets or any interest therein, provided that this Section shall not prevent any transfer of Purchased Assets in accordance with the Program Agreements.
g.Security Interest. Seller shall do all things necessary to preserve the Purchased Assets and the related Repurchase Assets so that they remain subject to a first priority perfected security interest hereunder (in each case, to the extent a security interest may be perfected by possession, control or filing of a UCC financing statement). Without limiting the foregoing, Seller will comply in all material respects with all rules, regulations and other laws of any Governmental Authority and cause the Purchased Assets or the related
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Repurchase Assets to comply in all material respects with all applicable rules, regulations and other laws.
h.Records.
(1)Seller shall collect and maintain or cause to be collected and maintained all Records relating to the Purchased Assets and Repurchase Assets in accordance with industry custom and practice for assets similar to the Purchased Assets and Repurchase Assets, including those maintained pursuant to the preceding subparagraph, and all such Records shall be in the Seller’s, Custodian’s or Servicer’s possession (in accordance with this Agreement and the Custodial Agreement) unless Administrative Agent otherwise approves. Except in accordance with the Custodial Agreement, Seller will not allow any such papers, records or files that are an original or an only copy to leave the Seller’s, Custodian’s or Servicer’s possession, except for individual items removed in connection with servicing a specific Purchased Mortgage Loan, in which event Seller will obtain or cause to be obtained a receipt from a financially responsible person for any such paper, record or file. Seller or the Servicer of the Purchased Assets will maintain all such Records not in the possession of the Custodian in good and complete condition in accordance with industry practices for assets similar to the Purchased Assets and preserve them against loss.
(2)For so long as Administrative Agent has an interest in or lien on any Purchased Assets, Seller will hold or cause to be held all related Records in trust for Administrative Agent. Seller shall notify, or cause to be notified, every other party holding any such Records of the interests and liens in favor of Administrative Agent granted hereby.
(3)Upon reasonable advance notice from the Custodian or Administrative Agent, Seller shall (x) make any and all such Records available to the Custodian, Administrative Agent and a Buyer to examine any such Records, either by its own officers or employees, or by agents or contractors, or both, and make copies of all or any portion thereof, and (y) permit Administrative Agent or a Buyer or its authorized agents to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of Seller with its chief operating officer and chief financial officer and to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of Seller with its independent certified public accountants.
i.Books. Seller shall keep or cause to be kept in reasonable detail books and records of account of its assets and business and shall clearly reflect therein the transfer of Purchased Assets to Administrative Agent for the benefit of Buyers.
j.Approvals. Seller shall maintain all licenses, permits or other approvals necessary for Seller to conduct its business and to perform its obligations under the Program Agreements, and Seller shall conduct its business in accordance in all material respects with applicable law.
k.Material Change in Business. Seller shall not make any material change in the nature of its business as carried on at the date hereof.
l.Underwriting Guidelines. Without prior written notice to the Administrative Agent, Seller shall not amend or otherwise modify the
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Underwriting Guidelines. Without limiting the foregoing, in the event that Seller makes any amendment or modification to the Underwriting Guidelines, Seller shall promptly deliver to Administrative Agent a complete copy of the amended or modified Underwriting Guidelines.
m.Distributions. If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Seller shall not pay any dividends with respect to any capital stock or other equity interests in such entity, whether now or hereafter outstanding, or make any other distribution in respect thereof, either directly or indirectly, whether in cash or property or in obligations of Seller, except that, notwithstanding the foregoing, Seller shall be permitted at all times to make Tax Distributions.
n.Applicable Law. Seller shall comply in all material respects with the requirements of all applicable laws, rules, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority.
o.Existence. Seller shall preserve and maintain its legal existence and all of its material rights, privileges, licenses and franchises.
p.Chief Executive Office; Jurisdiction of Organization. Seller shall not move its chief executive office from the address referred to in Section 13(a)(17) or change its jurisdiction of organization from the jurisdiction referred to in Section 13(a)(17) unless it shall have provided Administrative Agent thirty (30) days’ prior written notice of such change.
q.Taxes. Seller shall timely file all tax returns that are required to be filed by it and shall timely pay and discharge all taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed on it or on its income or profits or on any of its property prior to the date on which penalties attach thereto, except for any such tax, assessment, charge or levy the payment of which is being contested in good faith and by proper proceedings and against which adequate reserves are being maintained.
r.Transactions with Affiliates. Seller will not enter into any transaction, including, without limitation, any purchase, sale, lease or exchange of property or the rendering of any service, with any Affiliate unless such transaction is (a) otherwise not prohibited under the Program Agreements and (b) upon fair and reasonable terms no less favorable to Seller than it would obtain in a comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person which is not an Affiliate. Nothing herein shall prohibit distributions and dividends that are not prohibited under Section 14(m) hereof.
s.Guarantees. Seller shall not create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Guarantees, except (i) to the extent reflected in Seller’s financial statements or notes thereto (ii) to the extent the aggregate Guarantees of Seller do not exceed $[***], or (iii) to the extent such Guarantee is otherwise disclosed to Administrative Agent in writing.
t.Indebtedness. Seller shall not incur any additional material Indebtedness, including without limitation, any Indebtedness relating to any mortgage servicing rights or corporate or servicing advances, (other than (i) the Existing Indebtedness in amounts not to exceed the amounts specified on Exhibit D to the Pricing Side Letter and (ii) usual and customary accounts payable for a
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mortgage company) without providing written notice of the same to the Administrative Agent.
u.HUD and FHA Matters Regarding Income and Accounts with Respect to GNMA EBOs.
(1)With respect to each GNMA EBO that is an FHA Loan, Seller shall list the Servicer as the servicer on FHA LEAP System and the Seller to be identified as the mortgagee of record on such system under mortgagee number 30096-00011. With respect to each GNMA EBO that is a VA Loan, Seller shall list the Servicer as the servicer on the VALERI system under payee vendor identification number 902584-00-00. Seller shall cause Servicer to submit all claims to HUD and VA under such applicable numbers for remittance of amounts to the Clearing Account.
(2)To the extent HUD deducts any amounts owing by (i) Seller or (ii) Servicer that are unrelated to the applicable GNMA EBO, in each case, to HUD, Seller shall deposit, or cause Servicer to deposit, within five (5) Business Days following notice or knowledge of such deduction by HUD, such deducted amounts into the applicable account.
(3)Seller shall maintain HUD and GNMA approvals. Should Seller for any reason, cease to possess a HUD or GNMA approval, Seller shall so notify Administrative Agent immediately in writing.
(4)Seller shall cooperate and do all things deemed necessary or appropriate by Buyer to effectuate the steps as contemplated in this Section 14.u.
v.Hedging. Seller has entered into Interest Rate Protection Agreements or other arrangements with respect to the Purchased Mortgage Loans, having terms with respect to protection against fluctuations in interest rates consistent with the terms of Seller’s hedging program and has notified Administrative Agent of the terms of such Interest Rate Protection Agreements or other arrangements in writing.
w.True and Correct Information. All information, reports, exhibits, schedules, financial statements or certificates of Seller, any Affiliate thereof or any of their officers furnished to Administrative Agent and/or Buyers hereunder and during Administrative Agent’s and/or Buyers’ diligence of Seller are and will be true and complete in all material respects and do not omit to disclose any material facts necessary to make the statements herein or therein, in light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading. All required financial statements, information and reports delivered by Seller to Administrative Agent and/or Buyers pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP (other than, with respect to unaudited financial statements, footnotes, year-end adjustments and cash flow statements).
x.Agency Approvals. Seller shall maintain all Agency Approvals necessary for the conduct of its business. Should Seller, for any reason, cease to possess all such applicable Agency Approvals, or should notification to the relevant Agency or to the Department of Housing and Urban Development, FHA or VA be required, Seller shall so notify Administrative Agent immediately in
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writing. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, Seller shall take all necessary action to maintain all of its applicable Agency Approvals at all times during the term of this Agreement and each outstanding Transaction.
y.Take-out Payments. With respect to each Committed Mortgage Loan, Seller shall arrange that all payments under the related Take-out Commitment shall be paid directly to Administrative Agent at the account set forth in Section 9 hereof, or to an account approved by Administrative Agent in writing prior to such payment. With respect to any Agency Take-out Commitment, if applicable, (1) with respect to the wire transfer instructions as set forth in Freddie Mac Form 987 (Wire Transfer Authorization for a Cash Warehouse Delivery) such wire transfer instructions are identical to Administrative Agent’s wire instructions or Administrative Agent has approved such wire transfer instructions in writing in its sole discretion, or (2) the Payee Number set forth on Fannie Mae Form 1068 (Fixed-Rate, Graduated-Payment, or Growing-Equity Mortgage Loan Schedule) or Fannie Mae Form 1069 (Adjustable-Rate Mortgage Loan Schedule), as applicable, shall be identical to the Payee Number that has been identified by Administrative Agent in writing as Administrative Agent’s Payee Number or Administrative Agent shall have previously approved the related Payee Number in writing in its sole discretion; with respect to any Take-out Commitment with an Agency, the applicable agency documents shall list Administrative Agent as sole subscriber, unless otherwise agreed to in writing by Administrative Agent, in Administrative Agent’s sole discretion.
z.No Pledge. Except pursuant to this Agreement, Seller shall not, and shall not cause Servicer to, pledge, transfer or convey any security interest in the Clearing Account to any Person (other than Administrative Agent) without the express written consent of Administrative Agent.
aa.Plan Assets. Seller shall not be an employee benefit plan as defined in Section 3 of Title I of ERISA, or a plan described in Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code and Seller shall not use “plan assets” within the meaning of 29 CFR §2510.3 101, as amended by Section 3(42) of ERISA to engage in this Agreement or any Transaction hereunder. Transactions by or with Seller shall not be subject to any foreign, state or local statute regulating investments of or fiduciary obligations with respect to governmental plans within the meaning of Section 3(32) of ERISA or church plans within the meaning of Section 3(33) of ERISA.
ab.Subordination Agreement. Seller will, within ninety (90) days after the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date, shall cause to be executed and delivered a subordination agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in the Administrative Agent’s sole discretion (the “Subordination Agreement”), in connection with that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of August 3, 2017, among Seller, U.S. Bank National Association as paying agent and lenders from time to time party thereto.
ac.Reserved.
ad.No Prohibited Persons. Neither Seller nor any of its officers, directors, partners or members, shall be an entity or person (or to the Seller’s knowledge, 50 percent or greater owned by an entity or person): (i) whose name appears on the United States Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign
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Assets Control (“OFAC”) most current list of “Specifically Designated National and Blocked Persons” (which list may be published from time to time in various mediums including, but not limited to, the OFAC website, http:www.treas.gov/ofac/t11sdn.pdf); or (ii) shall otherwise be the target of sanctions administered by OFAC (any and all parties or persons described in clauses (i) and (ii) above are herein referred to as a “Prohibited Person”).
ae.Lender Insurance Authority. In the event that Seller has on the date hereof or subsequently receives Lender Insurance Authority, such authority shall not be revoked or suspended.
af.Quality Control. Seller shall maintain an internal quality control program that verifies, on a regular basis, the existence and accuracy of all legal documents, credit documents, property appraisals, and underwriting decisions related to Purchased Mortgage Loans and shall provide the most recent report on the results of such quality control program in the Officer’s Compliance Certificate provided pursuant to Section 17(b)(3). Such program shall be capable of evaluating and monitoring the overall quality of Seller’s loan production and servicing activities. Such program shall (i) ensure that the Purchased Mortgage Loans are originated and serviced in accordance with prudent mortgage banking practices and accounting principles; (ii) guard against dishonest, fraudulent, or negligent acts; and (iii) guard against errors and omissions by officers, employees, or other authorized persons.
ag.Financial and Other Unique Covenants. Seller shall at all times comply with all financial covenants and/or financial ratios set forth in Section 2 of the Pricing Side Letter.
ah.MERS. Seller shall comply in all material respects with the rules and procedures of MERS in connection with the servicing of all Purchased Mortgage Loans that are registered with MERS and, with respect to Purchased Mortgage Loans that are eMortgage Loans, the maintenance of the related eNotes on the MERS eRegistry for as long as such Purchased Mortgage Loans are so registered.
ai.Beneficial Ownership Certification. Seller shall at all times either (i) ensure that the Seller has delivered to Administrative Agent a Beneficial Ownership Certification, if applicable, and that the information contained therein is true and correct in all respects or (ii) deliver to Administrative Agent an updated Beneficial Ownership Certification if any information contained in any previously delivered Beneficial Ownership Certification ceases to be true and correct in all respects. At all times, Seller shall promptly notify Administrative Agent upon becoming aware that the information provided in the most recent Beneficial Ownership Certification is no longer true and correct and shall deliver an updated Beneficial Ownership Certification to Administrative Agent promptly but in any event within two (2) Business Days thereafter.
aj.Investment Company. Seller shall not become an “investment company”, or a company “controlled” by an “investment company”, within the meaning of the Investment Company Act.
15.Events of Default
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Each of the following shall constitute an “Event of Default” hereunder:
a.Payment Failure. Failure of Seller to (i) make any payment of Price Differential or Repurchase Price or any other sum which has become due, on a Price Differential Payment Date or a Repurchase Date or otherwise, whether by acceleration or otherwise, under the terms of this Agreement, (ii) cure any Margin Deficit when due pursuant to Section 6 hereof or (iii) to make any payment when due hereunder, other than such payments described in clauses (i) and (ii) hereof, and such failure continues for [***]Business Days.
b.Cross Default. Seller or any of Seller’s Affiliates that are party to any Program Agreement shall be in default under (i) any Indebtedness, including, without limitation, the VFN Repurchase Agreement, in the aggregate, in excess of $[***] with respect to Seller or such Affiliate which default (1) involves the failure to pay a matured obligation, or (2) permits the acceleration of the maturity of obligations by any other party to or beneficiary with respect to such Indebtedness, or (ii) any other contract or contracts, in the aggregate in excess of $[***] to which Seller or such Affiliate is a party which default (1) involves the failure to pay a matured obligation, or (2) permits the acceleration of the maturity of obligations by any other party to or beneficiary of such contract.
c.Assignment. Assignment or attempted assignment by Seller of this Agreement or any rights hereunder without first obtaining the specific written consent of Administrative Agent, or the granting by Seller of any security interest, lien or other encumbrances on any Purchased Asset to any person other than Administrative Agent.
d.Insolvency. An Act of Insolvency shall have occurred with respect to Seller.
e.Material Adverse Change. The occurrence of a Material Adverse Effect.
f.Breach of Financial Representation or Covenant or Obligation. A breach by Seller of any of the representations, warranties or covenants or obligations set forth in Sections 13(a)(1) (Seller Existence), 13(a)(7) (Solvency), 13(a)(12) (Material Adverse Change), 13(a)(19) (Adjusted Tangible Net Worth), 13(a)(23) (Other Indebtedness), 14(b) (Prohibition of Fundamental Changes), 14(m) (Distributions), 14(o) (Existence), 14(s) (Guarantees), 14(t) (Indebtedness), 14(x) (Agency Approvals), 14(y) (Take-out Payments), 14(z) (No Pledge), 14(aa) (Plan Assets), 14(bb) (Subordination Agreements), 14(ff) (Quality Control) or 14(gg) (Financial and Other Unique Covenants) of this Agreement.
g.Breach of Non-Immediate Representation or Covenant. A breach by Seller of any other material representation, warranty or covenant set forth in this Agreement or any other Program Agreement (and not otherwise specified in Section 15(f) above), if such breach is not cured within ten (10) Business Days after Seller’s knowledge thereof (other than the representations and warranties set forth in Schedule 1, which shall be considered solely for the purpose of determining the Asset Value, the existence of a Margin Deficit and the obligation to repurchase such Purchased Mortgage Loan) unless (i) such party shall have made any such representations and warranties with knowledge that they were materially false or misleading at the time made, (ii)
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any such representations and warranties have been determined by Administrative Agent in its good faith discretion to be materially false or misleading on a regular basis, or (iii) Administrative Agent, in its good faith discretion, determines that such breach of a material representation, warranty or covenant materially and adversely affects (A) the condition (financial or otherwise) of Seller or an Affiliate of Seller party to a Program Agreement; or (B) Administrative Agent’s determination to enter into this Agreement or Transactions with such party, then such breach shall constitute an immediate Event of Default (and Seller shall have no cure right hereunder).
h.Change of Control. The occurrence of a Change in Control.
i.Failure to Transfer. Seller fails to transfer the Purchased Assets to Administrative Agent for the benefit of the applicable Buyer in the manner set forth in the Program Agreements (provided the Administrative Agent on behalf of the applicable Buyer has tendered the related Purchase Price).
j.Judgment. A final judgment or judgments for the payment of money in excess of $[***] in the aggregate shall be rendered against Seller by one or more courts, administrative tribunals or other bodies having jurisdiction and the same shall not be satisfied, discharged (or provision shall not be made for such discharge) or bonded, or a stay of execution thereof shall not be procured, within [***] days from the date of entry thereof.
k.Government Action. Any Governmental Authority or any person, agency or entity acting or purporting to act under governmental authority shall have taken any action to condemn, seize or appropriate, or to assume custody or control of, all or any substantial part of the Property of Seller, or shall have taken any action to displace the management of Seller or to curtail its authority in the conduct of the business of Seller, or takes any action in the nature of enforcement to remove, limit or restrict the approval of Seller as an issuer, buyer or a seller/servicer of Purchased Asset or securities backed thereby, and such action provided for in this Section 15(k) shall not have been discontinued or stayed within [***] Business Days.
l.Inability to Perform. An officer of Seller shall admit its inability to, or its intention not to perform any of Seller’s Obligations hereunder.
m.Security Interest. This Agreement shall for any reason cease to create a valid, first priority security interest (except to the extent a security interest may not be perfected by possession, control or filing of a UCC financing statement) in any material portion of the Purchased Assets or other Repurchase Assets purported to be covered hereby.
n.Financial Statements. Seller’s audited annual financial statements or the notes thereto or other opinions or conclusions stated therein shall be qualified or limited by reference to the status of Seller as a “going concern” or a reference of similar import.
o.Custodian. With respect to GNMA EBOs, the applicable Custodian fails to maintain its good standing under the GNMA Guide or FHA Regulations and is not replaced or the Seller fails to repurchase such GNMA EBOs or such breach is not waived by Administrative Agent in writing within thirty (30) days.
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p.Servicer Default. There is a breach by Servicer of the Servicing Agreement and Seller has not appointed a successor servicer acceptable to Administrative Agent or such breach is not waived by Administrative Agent in writing within [***] days.
An Event of Default shall be deemed to be continuing unless expressly waived by Administrative Agent in writing.
16.Remedies Upon Default
In the event that an Event of Default shall have occurred and is continuing:
a.Administrative Agent may, at its option (which option shall be deemed to have been exercised immediately upon the occurrence of an Act of Insolvency of Seller), declare an Event of Default to have occurred hereunder and, upon the exercise or deemed exercise of such option, the Repurchase Date for each Transaction hereunder shall, if it has not already occurred, be deemed immediately to occur (except that, in the event that the Purchase Date for any Transaction has not yet occurred as of the date of such exercise or deemed exercise, such Transaction shall be deemed immediately canceled). Administrative Agent shall (except upon the occurrence of an Act of Insolvency of Seller) give notice to Seller of the exercise of such option as promptly as practicable.
b.If Administrative Agent exercises or is deemed to have exercised the option referred to in subparagraph (a) of this Section, (i) any Seller Party’s obligations in such Transactions to repurchase all Purchased Assets at the Repurchase Price therefor on the Repurchase Date determined in accordance with subparagraph (a) of this Section, shall thereupon become immediately due and payable, (ii) all Income paid after such exercise or deemed exercise shall be retained by Administrative Agent and applied, in Administrative Agent’s sole discretion, to the aggregate unpaid Repurchase Prices for all outstanding Transactions and any other amounts owing by any Seller Party hereunder and in accordance with the Administration Agreement (provided that any determination with respect to what portion of the Purchase Price is attributed to the Purchase Price-Base, Purchase Price-Incremental 1 or Purchase Price-Incremental 2 shall be made in accordance with the Purchase Price definition), and (iii) any Seller Party shall immediately deliver to Administrative Agent the Asset Files relating to any Purchased Assets subject to such Transactions then in any Seller Party’s possession or control.
c.Administrative Agent also shall have the right to obtain physical possession, and to commence an action to obtain physical possession, of all Records and files of Seller relating to the Purchased Assets and Repurchase Assets and all documents relating to the Purchased Assets (including, without limitation, any legal, credit or servicing files with respect to the Purchased Assets and Repurchase Assets) which are then or may thereafter come in to the possession of Seller or any third party acting for Seller. To obtain physical possession of any Purchased Assets held by the Custodian, Administrative Agent shall present to the Custodian a Trust Receipt. Without limiting the rights of Administrative Agent hereto to pursue all other legal and equitable rights available to Administrative Agent for Seller’s failure to perform its obligations under this Agreement, Seller acknowledges and agrees that the remedy at law for any failure to perform obligations hereunder would
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be inadequate and Administrative Agent shall be entitled to specific performance, injunctive relief, or other equitable remedies in the event of any such failure. The availability of these remedies shall not prohibit Administrative Agent from pursuing any other remedies for such breach, including the recovery of monetary damages.
d.Administrative Agent shall have the right to direct all servicers then servicing any Purchased Assets to remit all collections thereon to Administrative Agent, and if any such payments are received by Seller, Seller shall not commingle the amounts received with other funds of Seller and shall promptly pay them over to Administrative Agent. Administrative Agent shall also have the right to terminate any one or all of the servicers then servicing any Purchased Assets with or without cause. In addition, Administrative Agent shall have the right to immediately sell the Purchased Assets and liquidate all Repurchase Assets. Such disposition of Purchased Assets may be, at Administrative Agent’s option, on either a servicing-released or a servicing-retained basis. Administrative Agent shall not be required to give any warranties as to the Purchased Assets with respect to any such disposition thereof. Administrative Agent may specifically disclaim or modify any warranties of title or the like relating to the Purchased Assets. The foregoing procedure for disposition of the Purchased Assets and liquidation of the Repurchase Assets shall not be considered to adversely affect the commercial reasonableness of any sale thereof. Seller agrees that it would not be commercially unreasonable for Administrative Agent to dispose of the Purchased Assets or the Repurchase Assets or any portion thereof by using Internet sites that provide for the auction of assets similar to the Purchased Assets or the Repurchase Assets, or that have the reasonable capability of doing so, or that match buyers and sellers of assets. Administrative Agent shall be entitled to place the Purchased Assets in a pool for issuance of mortgage-backed securities at the then-prevailing price for such securities and to sell such securities for such prevailing price in the open market. Administrative Agent shall also be entitled to sell any or all of such Purchased Assets individually for the prevailing price. Administrative Agent shall also be entitled, in its sole good faith discretion to elect, in lieu of selling all or a portion of such Purchased Assets, to give the Seller credit for such Purchased Assets and the Repurchase Assets in an amount equal to the Asset Value of the Purchased Assets against the aggregate unpaid Repurchase Price and any other amounts owing by the Seller hereunder.
e.Administrative Agent may apply any proceeds from the liquidation of the Purchased Assets and Repurchase Assets to the Repurchase Prices hereunder and all other Obligations in the manner Administrative Agent deems appropriate in its sole discretion subject to the Administration Agreement.
f.Seller recognizes that the market for the Purchased Assets may not be liquid and as a result it may not be possible for Administrative Agent to sell all of the Purchased Assets on a particular Business Day, or in a transaction with the same purchaser, or in the same manner. In view of the nature of the Purchased Assets, Seller agrees that liquidation of any Purchased Asset may be conducted in a private sale and at such price as Administrative Agent may deem commercially reasonable. In view of the nature of the Mortgage Loans, Seller agrees that liquidation of any Mortgage Loan may be conducted in a private sale and at such price as Administrative Agent may deem commercially reasonable.
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g.Seller shall be liable to Administrative Agent and each Buyer for (i) the amount of all reasonable legal or other expenses (including, without limitation, all costs and expenses of Administrative Agent and each Buyer) in connection with the enforcement of this Agreement or any other agreement evidencing a Transaction, whether in action, suit or litigation or bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar proceeding affecting creditors’ rights generally, further including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel incurred in connection with or as a result of an Event of Default, (ii) damages in an amount equal to the cost (including all fees, expenses and commissions) of entering into or terminating hedge transactions in connection with or as a result of an Event of Default, and (iii) any other loss, damage, cost or expense directly arising or resulting from the occurrence of an Event of Default in respect of a Transaction.
h.To the extent permitted by applicable law, Seller shall be liable to Administrative Agent and each Buyer for interest on any amounts owing by Seller hereunder, from the date Seller becomes liable for such amounts hereunder until such amounts are (i) paid in full by Seller or (ii) satisfied in full by the exercise of Administrative Agent’s and Buyers’ rights hereunder. Interest on any sum payable by Seller under this Section 16(h) shall accrue at a rate equal to the Post-Default Rate.
i.Administrative Agent shall have, in addition to its rights hereunder, any rights otherwise available to it under any other agreement or applicable law.
j.Administrative Agent may exercise one or more of the remedies available to Administrative Agent immediately upon the occurrence of an Event of Default and, except to the extent provided in subsections (a) and (d) of this Section, at any time thereafter without notice to Seller. All rights and remedies arising under this Agreement as amended from time to time hereunder are cumulative and not exclusive of any other rights or remedies which Administrative Agent may have.
k.Administrative Agent may enforce its rights and remedies hereunder without prior judicial process or hearing, and Seller hereby expressly waives any defenses Seller might otherwise have to require Administrative Agent to enforce its rights by judicial process. Seller also waives any defense (other than a defense of payment or performance) Seller might otherwise have arising from the use of nonjudicial process, enforcement and sale of all or any portion of the Repurchase Assets, or from any other election of remedies. Seller recognizes that nonjudicial remedies are consistent with the usages of the trade, are responsive to commercial necessity and are the result of a bargain at arm’s length.
l.Administrative Agent shall have the right to perform reasonable due diligence with respect to Seller, the Purchased Assets, which review shall be at the expense of Seller.
17.Reports
a.Default Notices. Seller shall furnish to Administrative Agent (i) promptly, copies of any material and adverse notices (including, without limitation, notices of defaults, termination events, breaches, potential defaults or potential breaches) and any material financial information that is not otherwise required
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to be provided by Seller hereunder which is given to Seller’s lenders and (ii) immediately after knowledge thereof, notice of the occurrence of any (A) Event of Default hereunder, (B) default or breach by Seller or Servicer of any obligation under any Program Agreement or any material obligation under any material contract or agreement of Seller or Servicer or (C) event or circumstance that such party reasonably expects has resulted in, or will, with the passage of time, result in, a Material Adverse Effect or an Event of Default.
b.Financial Notices. Seller shall furnish to Administrative Agent:
(1)as soon as available and in any event within thirty (30) calendar days after the end of each calendar month (or, with respect to the last month of each fiscal quarter, forty-five (45) calendar days after the end of such month), the unaudited consolidated balance sheets of Seller and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of such period and the related unaudited consolidated statements of income and retained earnings and of cash flows for the Seller and its consolidated Subsidiaries for such period and the portion of the fiscal year through the end of such period, accompanied by a certificate of a Responsible Officer of Seller, which certificate shall state that said consolidated financial statements fairly present in all material respects the consolidated financial condition and results of operations of Seller and its consolidated Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP (other than with respect to footnotes, year-end adjustments and cash flow statements) consistently applied, as at the end of, and for, such period;
(2)as soon as available and in any event within ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year of Seller, the consolidated balance sheets of Seller and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal year and the related consolidated statements of income and retained earnings and of cash flows for the Seller and its consolidated Subsidiaries for such year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous year, accompanied by an opinion thereon of Ernst & Young LP or independent certified public accountants of recognized national standing, which opinion shall not be qualified as to the scope of audit and shall have no “going concern” qualification and shall state that said consolidated financial statements fairly present the consolidated financial condition and results of operations of Seller and its respective consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of, and for, such fiscal year in accordance with GAAP;
(3)at the time the Seller furnishes each set of financial statements pursuant to Section 17(b)(1) or (2) above, an Officer’s Compliance Certificate of a Responsible Officer of Seller in the form attached as Exhibit A to the Pricing Side Letter.
(4)Reserved;
(5)as soon as available and in any event within thirty (30) days of receipt thereof;
(a)Reserved;
(b)copies of relevant portions of all final written Agency, FHA, VA, Governmental Authority and investor audits, examinations, evaluations,
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monitoring reviews and reports of its operations (including those prepared on a contract basis) which provide for or relate to (i) material corrective action required, or (ii) material sanctions proposed, imposed or required, including without limitation notices of defaults, notices of termination of approved status, notices of imposition of supervisory agreements or interim servicing agreements, and notices of probation, suspension, or non-renewal; provided, that, if such information is subject to a confidentiality requirement, for as long as such information remains confidential, Seller shall (x) disclose to Buyer any portion of such information that is not confidential, (y) notify Buyer of any material event in a level of specificity that would not violate the confidentiality requirements and (z) promptly seek permission to disclose the information from the necessary parties and shall provide Buyer such information to the extent of such permission;
(c)such other information regarding the financial condition, operations, or business of the Seller as Administrative Agent may reasonably request; and
(d)the particulars of any Event of Termination in reasonable detail.
(6)Seller shall provide the market value analysis for the valuation of its mortgage servicing rights as by a Third Party Evaluator for each monthly fiscal period, as set forth in the Officer’s Compliance Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 17(b)(3);
(7) To the extent it may do so without breaching any confidentiality or other restrictions, Seller shall provide Administrative Agent, as part of the Officer’s Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 17(b)(3) above, a list of all material actions, notices, proceedings or investigations pending with respect to which Seller has received service of process or other form of notice or, to the best of Seller’s knowledge, threatened against it, before any court, administrative or governmental agency or other regulatory body or tribunal as of such date with such information provided as noted in the applicable Schedule to Exhibit A of the Pricing Side Letter; provided, that, if such information is subject to a confidentiality requirement, for as long as such information remains confidential, Seller shall (x) disclose to Buyer any portion of such information that is not confidential, (y) notify Buyer of any material event in a level of specificity that would not violate the confidentiality requirements and (z) promptly seek permission to disclose the information from the necessary parties and shall provide Buyer such information to the extent of such permission;
(8)upon Seller becoming aware of any Control Failure with respect to a Purchased Mortgage Loan that is an eMortgage Loan or any eNote Replacement Failure.
c.Notices of Certain Events. As soon as possible and in any event within five (5) Business Days after knowledge thereof, Seller shall furnish to Administrative Agent notice of the following events:
(1)Reserved;
(2)Reserved;
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(3)any material change in accounting policies or financial reporting practices of Seller or Servicer, other than changes in accordance with GAAP;
(4)with respect to any Purchased Mortgage Loan, that the underlying Mortgaged Property has been damaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, or otherwise damaged so as to affect materially and adversely the value of such Mortgage Loan;
(5)Reserved;
(6)any material change in the material Indebtedness of the Seller, including, without limitation, any default, renewal, non-renewal, termination, increase in available amount or decrease in available amount related thereto;
(7)Reserved;
(8)any other event, circumstance or condition that has resulted, or has a possibility of resulting, in a Material Adverse Effect with respect to Seller or Servicer; and
(9)the occurrence of any material employment dispute and a description of the strategy for resolving it that has the possibility of resulting in a Material Adverse Effect.
d.Servicing Tape. On the Reporting Date of each calendar month, Seller will furnish to Administrative Agent (i) an electronic Purchased Mortgage Loans performance data, including, without limitation, delinquency reports and volume information, broken down by product (i.e., delinquency, foreclosure and net charge off reports) and (ii) electronically, in a format mutually acceptable to Administrative Agent and Seller, servicing information, including, without limitation, those fields reasonably requested by Administrative Agent from time to time, on a loan by loan basis and in the aggregate, with respect to the Purchased Mortgage Loans serviced by Seller or any Servicer for the month (or any portion thereof) prior to the Reporting Date. In addition to the foregoing information on each Reporting Date, Seller will furnish to Administrative Agent such information upon the occurrence and continuation of an Event of Default.
e.Other Reports. Seller shall deliver to Administrative Agent any other reports or information relating to the Purchased Assets or the business or operations of Seller and Servicer as reasonably requested by Administrative Agent or as otherwise required pursuant to this Agreement or as set forth in the Officer’s Compliance Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 17(b)(3) above.
f.DE Compare Ratio and HUD Reports. Seller shall furnish to Administrative Agent the following notices:
1.In the event Seller’s DE Compare Ratio equals or exceeds [***]%, Seller shall provide Administrative Agent with written notice of such occurrence within five (5) Business Days, which notice shall
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include a written summary of actions Seller is taking to correct its DE Compare Ratio.
2.In the event Seller receives any inquiry or notice from HUD regarding its DE Compare Ratio, Seller shall provide Administrative Agent with written notice of such inquiry or notice within five (5) Business Days, regardless of Seller’s current DE Compare Ratio.
3.In the event of any action plan with respect to Seller’s DE Compare Ratio is agreed to between Seller and HUD or imposed upon Seller by HUD, Seller shall provide Administrative Agent with a written summary of such agreement or imposition, as applicable, within five (5) Business Days; provided, that, if such information is subject to a confidentiality requirement, for as long as such information remains confidential, Seller shall (i) disclose to Buyer any portion of such information that is not confidential, (ii) notify Buyer of any material event in a level of specificity that would not violate the confidentiality requirements and (iii) promptly seek permission to disclose the information from the necessary parties and shall provide Buyer such information to the extent of such permission.
18.Repurchase Transactions
A Buyer may, in its sole election, engage in repurchase transactions (as a “seller” thereunder) with any or all of the Purchased Assets and/or Repurchase Assets or pledge, hypothecate, assign, transfer or otherwise convey any or all of the Purchased Assets and/or Repurchase Assets with a counterparty of Buyers’ choice (such transaction a “Repledge Transaction”); provided that, (i) such Buyer’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Buyer shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations, and (iii) Seller shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Buyer in connection with such Buyer’s rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Program Agreements. Any Repledge Transaction shall be effected by notice to the Administrative Agent, and shall be reflected on the books and records of the Administrative Agent. No such Repledge Transaction shall relieve such Buyer of its obligations to transfer Purchased Assets and/or Repurchase Assets to Seller (and not substitutions thereof) pursuant to the terms hereof. In furtherance, and not by limitation of, the foregoing, it is acknowledged that each counterparty under a Repledge Transaction (a “Repledgee”), is a repledgee as contemplated by Sections 9-207 and 9-623 of the UCC (and the relevant Official Comments thereunder). Administrative Agent and Buyers are each hereby authorized to share any information delivered hereunder with the Repledgee; provided, that, Administrative Agent or such Buyer will cause such Repledgee to execute and deliver a non-disclosure agreement agreeing to keep such information delivered by Administrative Agent or any Buyer to such Repledgee confidential, on substantially similar terms as set forth in Section 32 of this Agreement. Upon the occurrence of an event of default under any Repledge Transaction, Administrative Agent and/or the applicable Buyer shall promptly provide notice of such event of default under such Repledge Transaction to Seller.
19.Single Agreement
Administrative Agent, Buyers and Seller acknowledge they have and will enter into each Transaction hereunder, in consideration of and in reliance upon the fact that, all Transactions hereunder constitute a single business and contractual relationship and have been made in consideration of each other. Accordingly, each of Administrative Agent, Buyers and
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Seller agrees (i) to perform all of its obligations in respect of each Transaction hereunder, and that a default in the performance of any such obligations shall constitute a default by it in respect of all Transactions hereunder and (ii) that payments, deliveries and other transfers made by either of them in respect of any Transaction shall be deemed to have been made in consideration of payments, deliveries and other transfers in respect of any other Transactions hereunder, and the obligations to make any such payments, deliveries and other transfers may be applied against each other and netted. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, in the event that (a) a Buyer is not an Affiliate of Administrative Agent or another Buyer (a “Non-Affiliate Buyer”), (b) an Event of Default shall have occurred and is continuing and (c) Administrative Agent provides written notice to the Seller to sever each Non-Affiliate Buyer’s Transactions (the “Non-Affiliate Transactions”) and treat such Non-Affiliate Transactions as separate Transactions under this Agreement (a “Severance Notice”), then Administrative Agent, Buyers and Seller acknowledge that each such Non-Affiliate Transaction shall be deemed a separate Transaction under a separate and distinct agreement with the same terms and conditions as set forth herein (each a “Non-Affiliate MRA”), and each such Non-Affiliate Buyer shall be deemed to be the administrative agent with respect to its respective Non-Affiliate Transactions under its respective Non-Affiliate MRA; provided, that Transactions owned by Administrative Agent, a Buyer or any respective Affiliate shall continue to be deemed a single Transaction with Administrative Agent serving as the administrative agent for Buyers or any respective Affiliate, in each case, pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
20.Notices and Other Communications
Any and all notices (with the exception of Transaction Requests, which shall be delivered via electronic mail or other electronic medium agreed to by the Administrative Agent and the Seller), statements, demands or other communications hereunder may be given by a party to the other by mail, email, facsimile, messenger or otherwise to the address specified below, or so sent to such party at any other place specified in a notice of change of address hereafter received by the other. All notices, demands and requests hereunder may be made orally, to be confirmed promptly in writing, or by other communication as specified in the preceding sentence. In all cases, to the extent that the related individual set forth in the respective “Attention” line is no longer employed by the respective Person, such notice may be given to the attention of a Responsible Officer of the respective Person or to the attention of such individual or individuals as subsequently notified in writing by a Responsible Officer of the respective Person.
If to Seller:
loanDepot.com, LLC
6561 Irvine Center Drive
Irvine, California 92618
Email: [***]
If to Administrative Agent:
Atlas Securitized Products, L.P.
3 Bryant Park
New York, New York, 10036
Telephone: [***]
Email: [***]
21.Entire Agreement; Severability
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This Agreement and the Administration Agreement shall supersede any existing agreements between the parties containing general terms and conditions for repurchase transactions. Each provision and agreement herein shall be treated as separate and independent from any other provision or agreement herein and shall be enforceable notwithstanding the unenforceability of any such other provision or agreement.
22.Non assignability
a. Assignments. The Program Agreements are not assignable by Seller. Administrative Agent and Buyers may from time to time assign all or a portion of their rights and obligations under this Agreement and the Program Agreements pursuant to the Administration Agreement in each case only if (and subject to) the Seller having given its prior written consent to such assignment (which Seller may give or withhold in its sole and absolute discretion); provided, however, Seller’s prior written consent to an assignment shall not be required if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of such assignment; provided, further that Administrative Agent shall maintain, solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of Seller, for review by Seller upon written request, a register of assignees and participants (the “Register”) and a copy of an executed assignment and acceptance by Administrative Agent and assignee (“Assignment and Acceptance”), specifying the percentage or portion of such rights and obligations assigned. The entries in the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and the Seller, Administrative Agent and Buyers shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the preceding sentence as a Buyer hereunder. Upon such assignment (in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Section 22) and recordation in the Register, (a) such assignee shall be a party hereto and to each Program Agreement to the extent of the percentage or portion set forth in the Assignment and Acceptance, and shall succeed to the applicable rights and obligations of Administrative Agent and Buyers hereunder, as applicable, and (b) Administrative Agent and Buyers shall, to the extent that such rights and obligations have been so assigned by them to another Person approved by Seller in writing (such approval to be given or withheld in Seller’s sole and absolute discretion; provided, however, Seller’s prior written approval to an assignment shall not be required if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of such assignment) which assumes the obligations of Administrative Agent and Buyers, as applicable, be released from its obligations hereunder and under the Program Agreements. Any assignment hereunder shall be deemed a joinder of such assignee as a Buyer hereto. Unless otherwise stated in the Assignment and Acceptance, Seller shall continue to take directions solely from Administrative Agent unless otherwise notified by Administrative Agent in writing. Administrative Agent and Buyers may distribute to any prospective or actual assignee this Agreement, the other Program Agreements, any document or other information delivered to Administrative Agent and/or Buyers by Seller; provided, that, Administrative Agent or Buyers, as applicable, will cause such party to execute and deliver a non-disclosure agreement whereby such party agrees to keep such information delivered by Administrative Agent or Buyers to such party confidential, on substantially similar terms as set forth in Section 32 of this Agreement.
b. Participations. Any Buyer may sell participations to one or more Persons in or to all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement and under the Program Agreements; provided, however, that (i) such Buyer’s obligations under this Agreement and the other Program Agreements shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Buyer shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations; and (iii) Seller shall continue to deal solely and directly with Administrative Agent and/or Buyers in connection with such Buyer’s rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Program Agreements except as provided in Section 11. Administrative Agent and Buyers may distribute to any prospective or actual participant this Agreement, the other Program Agreements any document or other information delivered to Administrative Agent and/or Buyers by Seller; provided, that, Administrative Agent or Buyers, as applicable, will cause such party to execute
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and deliver a non-disclosure agreement whereby such prospective or actual participant agrees to keep such information delivered by Administrative Agent or any Buyer to such party confidential, on substantially similar terms as set forth in Section 32 of this Agreement.
23.Set-off
In addition to any rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent and Buyers hereunder and by law, the Administrative Agent and Buyers shall have the right at any time an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, without prior notice to the Seller, any such notice being expressly waived by the Seller to the extent permitted by applicable law, to set-off and appropriate and apply against any Obligation from Seller to a Buyer or any of its Affiliates any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final), in any currency, and any other obligation (including to return excess margin), credits, indebtedness or claims, in any currency, in each case whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, at any time held or owing by or due from a Buyer or any Affiliate thereof to or for the credit or the account of the Seller. All such set-offs shall be subject to the priorities set forth in the Administration Agreement. The Administrative Agent and the Buyers each agree promptly to notify the Seller after any such set off and application is made by the Administrative Agent or a Buyer; provided, that, the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set off and application.
24.Binding Effect; Governing Law; Jurisdiction
a.This Agreement shall be binding and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, AND GOVERNED BY, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO THE CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF.
b.SELLER HEREBY WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY. SELLER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF ANY COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, OR IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE PROGRAM AGREEMENTS IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING. SELLER HEREBY SUBMITS TO, AND WAIVES ANY OBJECTION IT MAY HAVE TO, EXCLUSIVE PERSONAL JURISDICTION AND VENUE IN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, WITH RESPECT TO ANY DISPUTES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE PROGRAM AGREEMENTS.
25.No Waivers, Etc.
No express or implied waiver of any Event of Default by either party shall constitute a waiver of any other Event of Default and no exercise of any remedy hereunder by any party shall constitute a waiver of its right to exercise any other remedy hereunder. No modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement and no consent by any party to a departure herefrom shall be effective unless and until such shall be in writing and duly executed by both of the parties hereto. Without limitation on any of the foregoing, the failure to give a notice pursuant to Section 6(a), 16(a) or otherwise, will not constitute a waiver of any right to do so at a later date.
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26.Intent
a.The parties recognize that each Transaction is a “repurchase agreement” as that term is defined in Section 101 of Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended, a “securities contract” as that term is defined in Section 741 of Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended, and a “master netting agreement” as that term is defined in Section 101(38A)(A) of the Bankruptcy Code, that all payments hereunder are deemed “margin payments” or “settlement payments” as defined in Title 11 of the United States Code, and that the pledge of the Repurchase Assets constitutes “a security agreement or other arrangement or other credit enhancement” that is “related to” the Agreement and Transactions hereunder within the meaning of Sections 101(38A)(A), 101(47)(A)(v) and 741(7)(A)(xi) of the Bankruptcy Code. Seller, Administrative Agent and Buyers further recognize and intend that this Agreement is an agreement to provide financial accommodations and is not subject to assumption pursuant to Bankruptcy Code Section 365(a).
b.Administrative Agent’s or a Buyer’s right to liquidate the Purchased Assets delivered to it in connection with the Transactions hereunder or to accelerate or terminate this Agreement or otherwise exercise any other remedies pursuant to Section 16 hereof is a contractual right to liquidate, accelerate or terminate such Transaction as described in Bankruptcy Code Sections 555, 559 and 561; any payments or transfers of property made with respect to this Agreement or any Transaction to satisfy a Margin Deficit shall be considered a “margin payment” as such term is defined in Bankruptcy Code Section 741(5).
c.The parties agree and acknowledge that if a party hereto is an “insured depository institution,” as such term is defined in the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, as amended (“FDIA”), then each Transaction hereunder is a “qualified financial contract,” as that term is defined in FDIA and any rules, orders or policy statements thereunder (except insofar as the type of assets subject to such Transaction would render such definition inapplicable).
d.It is understood that this Agreement constitutes a “netting contract” as defined in and subject to Title IV of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991 (“FDICIA”) and each payment entitlement and payment obligation under any Transaction hereunder shall constitute a “covered contractual payment entitlement” or “covered contractual payment obligation”, respectively, as defined in and subject to FDICIA (except insofar as one or both of the parties is not a “financial institution” as that term is defined in FDICIA).
e.This Agreement is intended to be a “repurchase agreement” and a “securities contract,” within the meaning of Section 101(47), Section 555, Section 559 and Section 741 under the Bankruptcy Code.
f.Each party agrees that this Agreement is intended to create mutuality of obligations among the parties, and as such, the Agreement constitutes a contract which (i) is between all of the parties and (ii) places each party in the same right and capacity.
27.Disclosure Relating to Certain Federal Protections
The parties acknowledge that they have been advised that:
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a.in the case of Transactions in which one of the parties is a broker or dealer registered with the SEC under Section 15 of the 1934 Act, the Securities Investor Protection Corporation has taken the position that the provisions of the SIPA do not protect the other party with respect to any Transaction hereunder;
b.in the case of Transactions in which one of the parties is a government securities broker or a government securities dealer registered with the SEC under Section 15C of the 1934 Act, SIPA will not provide protection to the other party with respect to any Transaction hereunder; and
c.in the case of Transactions in which one of the parties is a financial institution, funds held by the financial institution pursuant to a Transaction hereunder are not a deposit and therefore are not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund, as applicable.
28.Power of Attorney
Seller authorizes Administrative Agent to file such financing statement or statements relating to the Repurchase Assets as Administrative Agent, at its option, may deem appropriate. Seller appoints Administrative Agent as Seller’s agent and attorney-in-fact to execute any such financing statement or statements in Seller’s name and to perform all other acts which Administrative Agent deems appropriate to perfect and continue its ownership interest in and/or the security interest granted hereby, if applicable, and to protect, preserve and realize upon the Repurchase Assets, including, but not limited to, the right to endorse notes, complete blanks in documents, transfer servicing, and sign assignments on behalf of Seller as its agent and attorney-in-fact. This agency and power of attorney is coupled with an interest and is irrevocable without Administrative Agent’s consent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the power of attorney hereby granted may be exercised only during the occurrence and continuance of any Event of Default hereunder. Seller shall pay the filing costs for any financing statement or statements prepared pursuant to this Section 28. In addition the foregoing, Seller agrees to execute a Power of Attorney, in the form of Exhibit D hereto, to be delivered on the date hereof and the Administrative Agent and the Buyers hereby confirm and agree that such Power of Attorney may be exercised only during the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default hereunder.
29.Buyers May Act Through Administrative Agent
Each Buyer has designated the Administrative Agent under the Administration Agreement for the purpose of performing any action hereunder.
30.Indemnification; Obligations
a.Each Seller Party agrees to hold Administrative Agent, Buyers and each of their respective Affiliates and their officers, directors, employees, agents and advisors (each, an “Indemnified Party”) harmless from and indemnify each Indemnified Party (and will reimburse each Indemnified Party as the same is incurred) against all liabilities, losses, damages, judgments, costs and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) of any kind which may be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against any Indemnified Party relating to or arising out of this Agreement, any Transaction Request, any Program Agreement or any transaction contemplated hereby or thereby (including, without limitation, (i) any such liabilities, losses, damages, judgments, costs and expenses directly arising
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from any acts or omissions of such party and (ii) any wire fraud or data or systems intrusions which causes Administrative Agent or Buyers to suffer any such direct liability, loss, damage, judgment, cost and/or expense), resulting from anything other than the Indemnified Party’s gross negligence or willful misconduct. Each Seller Party also agrees to reimburse each Indemnified Party for all reasonable expenses in connection with the enforcement of this Agreement and the exercise of any right or remedy provided for herein, any Transaction Request and any Program Agreement, including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel. Each Seller Party’s agreements in this Section 30 shall survive the payment in full of the Repurchase Price and the expiration or termination of this Agreement. Each Seller Party hereby acknowledges that its obligations hereunder are recourse obligations of each Seller Party and are not limited to recoveries each Indemnified Party may have with respect to the Purchased Assets. Each Seller Party also agrees not to assert any claim against Administrative Agent, each Buyer or any of its Affiliates, or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, attorneys and agents, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages arising out of or otherwise relating to the facility established hereunder, the actual or proposed use of the proceeds of the Transactions, this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated thereby. THE FOREGOING INDEMNITY AND AGREEMENT NOT TO ASSERT CLAIMS EXPRESSLY APPLIES, WITHOUT LIMITATION, TO THE NEGLIGENCE (BUT NOT GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT) OF THE INDEMNIFIED PARTIES.
b.Reserved.
c.Without limiting the provisions of Section 30(a) hereof, if Seller fails to pay when due any costs, expenses or other amounts payable by it under this Agreement, including, without limitation, fees and expenses of counsel and indemnities, such amount may be paid on behalf of Seller by Administrative Agent (subject to reimbursement by Seller), in its sole discretion.
31.Counterparts
This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, and all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement in a Portable Document Format (PDF) or by facsimile shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed original counterpart of this Agreement. The parties agree that this Agreement, any addendum or amendment hereto or any other document necessary for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement may be accepted, executed or agreed to through the use of an electronic signature in accordance with the E-Sign, UETA and any applicable state law. Any document accepted, executed or agreed to in conformity with such laws will be binding on all parties hereto to the same extent as if it were physically executed and each party hereby consents to the use of any secure third party electronic signature capture service with appropriate document access tracking, electronic signature tracking and document retention as may be approved by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion.
32.Confidentiality
a.This Agreement and its terms, provisions, supplements and amendments, and notices hereunder, are proprietary to Administrative Agent and Buyers and
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shall be held by each Seller Party in strict confidence and shall not be disclosed to any third party without the written consent of Administrative Agent except for (i) disclosure to such Seller Party’s direct and indirect Affiliates and Subsidiaries, attorneys or accountants, but only to the extent such disclosure is necessary and such parties agree to hold all information in strict confidence, (ii) disclosure required by law, rule, regulation or order of a court or other regulatory body, (iii) any of such information is in the public domain other than due to a breach of this covenant, or (iv) disclosure to any approved hedge counterparty to the extent necessary to obtain any Interest Rate Protection Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Program Agreement, the parties hereto may disclose to any and all Persons, without limitation of any kind, the federal, state and local tax treatment of the Transactions, any fact relevant to understanding the federal, state and local tax treatment of the Transactions, and all materials of any kind (including opinions or other tax analyses) relating to such federal, state and local tax treatment and that may be relevant to understanding such tax treatment; provided that, except as set forth in the first sentence of this clause (a), such Seller Party may not disclose the name of or identifying information with respect to Administrative Agent and Buyers or any pricing terms (including, without limitation, the Purchase Price, Pricing Rate, Purchase Price Percentage, Asset Value, Maximum Value Amount and any other fees specified in the Pricing Side Letter) or other nonpublic business or financial information (including any sublimits and financial covenants) that is unrelated to the federal, state and local tax treatment of the Transactions and is not relevant to understanding the federal, state and local tax treatment of the Transactions, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent.
b.Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Seller shall comply with all applicable local, state and federal laws, including, without limitation, all privacy and data protection law, rules and regulations that are applicable to the Purchased Assets and/or any applicable terms of this Agreement (the “Confidential Information”). Seller understands that the Confidential Information may contain “nonpublic personal information”, as that term is defined in Section 509(4) of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (the “Act”), and Seller agrees to maintain such nonpublic personal information that it receives hereunder in accordance with the Act and other applicable federal and state privacy laws. The Seller shall implement such physical and other security measures as shall be necessary to (a) ensure the security and confidentiality of the “nonpublic personal information” of the “customers” and “consumers” (as those terms are defined in the Act) of Administrative Agent and Buyers or any Affiliate of Administrative Agent or Buyers which Seller holds, (b) protect against any threats or hazards to the security and integrity of such nonpublic personal information, and (c) protect against any unauthorized access to or use of such nonpublic personal information. Seller represents and warrants that it has implemented appropriate measures to meet the objectives of Section 501(b) of the Act and of the applicable standards adopted pursuant thereto, as now or hereafter in effect. Upon request, Seller will provide evidence reasonably satisfactory to allow Administrative Agent and/or Buyers to confirm that the providing party has satisfied its obligations as required under this Section. Without limitation, this may include Administrative Agent’s or Buyers’ review of audits, summaries of test results, and other equivalent evaluations of the Seller. Seller shall notify Administrative Agent immediately following discovery of any breach or compromise of the security, confidentiality, or integrity of nonpublic personal information of the customers and consumers of Administrative Agent, Buyers or any Affiliate of Buyers provided directly to the
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Seller by Administrative Agent, Buyers or such Affiliate. Seller shall provide such notice to Administrative Agent by personal delivery, by facsimile with confirmation of receipt, or by overnight courier with confirmation of receipt to the applicable requesting individual.
33.Recording of Communications
Administrative Agent, Buyers and Seller shall have the right (but not the obligation) from time to time to make or cause to be made tape recordings of communications between its employees and those of the other party with respect to Transactions. Administrative Agent, Buyers and Seller consent to the admissibility of such tape recordings in any court, arbitration, or other proceedings. The parties agree that a duly authenticated transcript of such a tape recording shall be deemed to be a writing conclusively evidencing the parties’ agreement.
34. Conflicts
In the event of any conflict between the terms of this Agreement and any other Program Agreement, the documents shall control in the following order of priority: first, the terms of the Pricing Side Letter shall prevail, then the terms of the Administration Agreement, then the terms of this Agreement shall prevail, and then the terms of the other Program Agreements shall prevail.
35.Acknowledgment of Assignment and Administration of Repurchase Agreement
Pursuant to Section 22 above (Non-assignability) of this Agreement, Administrative Agent may sell, transfer and convey or allocate certain Purchased Assets and the related Repurchase Assets and related Transactions to certain affiliates of Administrative Agent and/or one (1) or more CP Conduits (the “Additional Buyers”) with the prior written consent of Seller; provided that such consent shall not be required to the extent Administrative Agent or Buyers sells, transfers or conveys to (i) to an Affiliate thereof or (ii) during an Event of Default. Administrative Agent shall notify the Seller promptly after each sale, transfer, conveyance or allocation, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such sale, transfer, conveyance or allocation. Seller hereby acknowledges and agrees to the joinder of such Additional Buyers and the assignments and the terms and provisions set forth in the Administration Agreement; provided that any Confidential Information provided to an Additional Buyer shall be provided subject to a commercially reasonable non-disclosure agreement. The Administrative Agent shall administer the provisions of this Agreement, subject to the terms of the Administration Agreement for the benefit of the Buyers and any Repledgees, as applicable. For the avoidance of doubt, all payments, notices, communications and agreements pursuant to this Agreement shall be delivered to, and entered into by, the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Buyers and/or the Repledgees, as applicable. Furthermore, to the extent that the Administrative Agent exercises remedies pursuant to this Agreement, any of the Administrative Agent and/or any Buyer will have the right to bid on and/or purchase any of the Repurchase Assets pursuant to Section 16 above (Remedies Upon Default). The benefit of all representations, rights, remedies and covenants set forth in this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of the Administrative Agent on behalf of each Buyer and Repledgees, as applicable. All provisions of this Agreement shall survive the transfers contemplated herein (including any Repledge Transactions) and in the Administration Agreement, except to the extent such provisions are modified by the Administration Agreement. In the event of a conflict between the
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Administration Agreement and this Agreement, the terms of the Administration Agreement shall control. Notwithstanding that multiple Buyers may purchase individual Purchased Mortgage Loans subject to Transactions entered into under this Agreement, all Transactions shall continue to be deemed a single Transaction and all of the Repurchase Assets shall be security for all of the Obligations hereunder, subject to the priority of payments provisions set forth in the Administration Agreement.
36.Periodic Due Diligence Review
Seller acknowledges that Administrative Agent and Buyers have the right to perform continuing due diligence reviews with respect to Seller, the Purchased Assets, for purposes of verifying compliance with the representations, warranties and specifications made hereunder, for the purpose of performing quality control review of the Purchased Assets or otherwise, and Seller agrees that upon reasonable (but no less than three (3) Business Days’) prior notice unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, in which case no notice is required, to Seller, Administrative Agent, Buyers or their authorized representatives will be permitted during normal business hours to examine, inspect, and make copies and extracts of, the Asset Files and any and all documents, data, records, agreements, instruments or information relating to such Purchased Assets (including, without limitation, quality control review) in the possession or under the control of Seller and/or the Custodian. Seller also shall make available to Administrative Agent and Buyers a knowledgeable financial or accounting officer for the purpose of answering questions respecting the Asset Files and the Purchased Assets. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Seller acknowledges that Administrative Agent and Buyers may purchase Purchased Assets from Seller based solely upon the information provided by Seller to Administrative Agent and Buyers in the Asset Schedule and the representations, warranties and covenants contained herein, and that Administrative Agent or Buyers, at their option, have the right at any time to conduct a partial or complete due diligence review on some or all of the Purchased Assets purchased in a Transaction, including, without limitation, ordering broker’s price opinions, new credit reports and new appraisals on the related Mortgaged Properties and otherwise re-generating the information used to originate such Mortgage Loans. Administrative Agent or Buyers may underwrite such Purchased Assets itself or engage a mutually agreed upon third party underwriter to perform such underwriting. Seller agrees to cooperate with Administrative Agent, Buyers and any third party underwriter in connection with such underwriting, including, but not limited to, providing Administrative Agent, Buyers and any third party underwriter with access to any and all documents, records, agreements, instruments or information relating to such Purchased Assets in the possession, or under the control, of Seller. Seller further agrees that Seller shall pay all out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by Administrative Agent and Buyers in connection with Administrative Agent’s and Buyers’ activities pursuant to this Section 36.
37.Authorizations
Any of the persons whose signatures and titles appear on Schedule 2 are authorized, acting singly, to act for Seller or Administrative Agent to the extent set forth therein, as the case may be, under this Agreement. The Seller may amend Schedule 2 from time to time by delivering a revised Schedule 2 to Administrative Agent and expressly stating that such revised Schedule 2 shall replace the existing Schedule 2.
38.Administration of Repurchase Agreement
To the extent that the Administrative Agent exercises remedies pursuant to this Agreement, any of the Administrative Agent and/or any Buyer will have the right to bid on and/or purchase any of the Repurchase Assets pursuant to Section 16 (Remedies Upon Default).
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The benefit of all representations, rights, remedies and covenants set forth in the Agreement shall inure to the benefit of the Administrative Agent on behalf of each Buyer and/or the Repledgees. All provisions of the Agreement shall survive the transfers contemplated herein (including any Repledge Transactions) and in the Administration Agreement, except to the extent such provisions are modified by the Administration Agreement. In the event of a conflict between the Administration Agreement and this Agreement, the terms of the Administration Agreement shall control. Notwithstanding that multiple Buyers may purchase individual Mortgage Loans subject to Transactions entered into under this Agreement, all Transactions shall continue to be deemed a single Transaction and all of the Repurchase Assets shall be security for all of the Obligations hereunder, subject to the priority of payments provisions set forth in the Administration Agreement.
39.Acknowledgement of Anti-Predatory Lending Policies
Administrative Agent has in place internal policies and procedures that expressly prohibit its purchase of any High Cost Mortgage Loan.
40.Documents Mutually Drafted
The Seller, Administrative Agent and the Buyers agree that this Agreement and each other Program Agreement prepared in connection with the Transactions set forth herein have been mutually drafted and negotiated by each party, and consequently such documents shall not be construed against either party as the drafter thereof.
41.General Interpretive Principles
For purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
a.the terms defined in this Agreement have the meanings assigned to them in this Agreement and include the plural as well as the singular, and the use of any gender herein shall be deemed to include the other gender;
b.accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with GAAP;
c.references herein to “Articles”, “Sections”, “Subsections”, “Paragraphs”, and other subdivisions without reference to a document are to designated Articles, Sections, Subsections, Paragraphs and other subdivisions of this Agreement;
d.a reference to a Subsection without further reference to a Section is a reference to such Subsection as contained in the same Section in which the reference appears, and this rule shall also apply to Paragraphs and other subdivisions;
e.the words “herein”, “hereof”, “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision;
f.the term “include” or “including” shall mean without limitation by reason of enumeration;
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g.all times specified herein or in any other Program Agreement (unless expressly specified otherwise) are local times in New York, New York unless otherwise stated;
h.all references herein or in any Program Agreement to "good faith" means good faith as defined in Section 1-201 of the UCC as in effect in the State of New York; and an Event of Default that has been waived in writing shall be deemed not to be continuing.
42.Bankruptcy Non-Petition
The parties hereby agree that they shall not institute against, or join any other person in instituting against, any Buyer that is a CP Conduit any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceeding, or other proceeding under any federal or state bankruptcy or similar law, for one (1) year and one (1) day after the latest maturing commercial paper note issued by the applicable CP Conduit is paid in full. Nothing in this Section 42 shall preclude any party (i) from filing any claim prior to the expiration of the aforementioned one year and one day period in (A) any insolvency proceeding voluntarily filed or commenced by such CP Conduit or (B) any involuntary insolvency proceeding filed or commenced by a Person other than such party, or (ii) from commencing against such CP Conduit any legal action which is not an insolvency proceeding.
43.Limited Recourse
The obligations of each Buyer under this Agreement or any other Program Agreement are solely the corporate obligations of such Buyer. No recourse shall be had for the payment of any amount owing by any Buyer under this Agreement, or for the payment by any Buyer of any fee in respect hereof or any other obligation or claim of or against such Buyer arising out of or based on this Agreement, against any stockholder, partner, member, employee, officer, director or incorporator or other authorized person of such Buyer. In addition, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the parties agree that all payment obligations of any Buyer that is a CP Conduit under this Agreement shall be limited recourse obligations of such Buyer, payable solely from the funds of such Buyer available for such purpose in accordance with its commercial paper program documents. Each party waives payment of any amount which such Buyer does not pay pursuant to the operation of the preceding sentence until the day which is at least one (1) year and one (1) day after the payment in full of the latest maturing commercial paper note (and waives any “claim” against such Buyer within the meaning of Section 101(5) of the Bankruptcy Code or any other Debtor Relief Law for any such insufficiency until such date).
44. Pool Subdivisions
The Administrative Agent may from time to time deliver to Seller a Pool Subdivision Notice which notice shall identify a Pool of Purchased Mortgage Loans that shall be treated separately from the remaining Purchased Mortgage Loans (which remaining Purchased Mortgage Loans shall constitute another Pool). The Administrative Agent may modify any such Pool Subdivision Notice from time to time to readjust the composition of the Pools identified therein. Following delivery of a Pool Subdivision Notice, the calculations with respect to Price Differential (and all of the component calculations used in determining such calculation) shall be calculated separately on the basis of the Purchased Mortgage Loans comprising each Pool, which shall result in a separate Price Differential for each Pool. For the avoidance of doubt, a Pool Subdivision Notice shall not (a) modify or otherwise affect the rights and obligations of the parties
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under the Program Agreements except as expressly contemplated in this Section 44; and (b) shall not be construed as a Severance Notice as contemplated by Section 19 of this Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.
ATLAS SECURITIZED PRODUCTS, L.P., as Administrative Agent and a Buyer
By: Atlas Securitized Products GP, LLC, its general partner
By: _______________________________
Name:
Title:
ATLAS SECURITIZED PRODUCTS
FUNDING 2, L.P., as a Buyer
By: Atlas Securitized BKR 2, L.P., its general partner
By: Atlas Securitized FundingCo GP LLC, its general partner
By: _______________________________
Name:
Title:
ATLAS SECURITIZED PRODUCTS
INVESTMENTS 3, L.P., as a Buyer
By: Atlas Securitized Products GP, LLC, its general partner
By: _______________________________
Name:
Title:
NEXERA HOLDING LLC, as a Buyer
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By: _______________________________
Name:
Title:
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LOANDEPOT.COM, LLC, as Seller
By: ________________________________
Name:
Title:
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SCHEDULE 1-A
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO PURCHASED MORTGAGE LOANS
As to each Purchased Mortgage Loan subject to any Transaction outstanding on a Purchase Date, the Seller shall be deemed to make the following representations and warranties to the Administrative Agent as of such date and at all times a Purchased Mortgage Loan is subject to a Transaction. With respect to those representations and warranties which are made to the best of Seller’s knowledge, if it is discovered by such Seller or Administrative Agent that the substance of such representation and warranty is inaccurate, notwithstanding such Seller’s lack of knowledge with respect to the substance of such representation and warranty, such inaccuracy shall be deemed a breach of the applicable representation and warranty for purposes of determining Asset Value.
(a) Payments Current. Except with respect to a Mortgage Loan that is a GNMA EBO, all payments required to be made up to the Purchase Date for the Mortgage Loan under the terms of the Mortgage Note have been made and credited -- it being understood that a payment is not required to be made until after the expiration of any applicable grace period. Except with respect to a Mortgage Loan that is a GNMA EBO, no payment required under the Mortgage Loan is delinquent nor has any payment under the Mortgage Loan been delinquent at any time since the origination of the Mortgage Loan (in each case it being understood that payment is delinquent after the expiration of any applicable grace period) and, if the Mortgage Loan is a Co-op Loan, no foreclosure action or private or public sale under the Uniform Commercial Code is, to the knowledge of Seller, being threatened or commenced with respect to the Co-op Loan. The first Monthly Payment shall be made, or shall have been made, with respect to the Mortgage Loan on its Due Date or within the grace period, all in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Note.
(b) No Outstanding Charges. All taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing have been paid, or an escrow of funds has been established in an amount sufficient to pay for every such item which remains unpaid and which has been assessed but is not yet due and payable. Neither the Seller nor the Qualified Originator from which Seller acquired the Mortgage Loan has advanced funds, or induced, solicited or knowingly received any advance of funds by a party other than the Mortgagor, directly or indirectly, for the payment of any amount required under the Mortgage Loan, except for interest accruing from the date of the Mortgage Note or date of disbursement of the proceeds of the Mortgage Loan, whichever is earlier, to the day which precedes by one month the Due Date of the first installment of principal and interest thereunder.
(c) Original Terms Unmodified. Except with respect to a Mortgage Loan that is a GNMA EBO, the terms of the Mortgage Note (and the Proprietary Lease, the Assignment of Proprietary Lease and Stock Power with respect to each Co-op Loan) and Mortgage have not been impaired, waived, altered or modified in any respect, from the date of origination; except by a written instrument which has been recorded, if necessary to protect the interests of Buyers, and which has been delivered to the Custodian and the terms of which are reflected in the Custodial Asset Schedule. The substance of any such waiver, alteration or modification has been approved by the title insurer, to the extent required, and its terms are reflected on the Custodial Asset Schedule. No Mortgagor in respect of the Mortgage Loan has been released, in whole or
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in part, except in connection with an assumption agreement approved by the title insurer, to the extent required by such policy, and which assumption agreement is part of the Asset File delivered to the Custodian and the terms of which are reflected in the Custodial Asset Schedule.
(d) No Defenses. The Mortgage Loan (and the Assignment of Proprietary Lease related to each Co-op Loan) is not subject to any right of rescission, set off, counterclaim or defense, including, without limitation, the defense of usury, nor will the operation of any of the terms of the Mortgage Note or the Mortgage, or the exercise of any right thereunder, render either the Mortgage Note or the Mortgage unenforceable, in whole or in part and no such right of rescission, set off, counterclaim or defense has been asserted with respect thereto, and, with respect to a Mortgage Loan other than a GNMA EBO and no Mortgagor in respect of the Mortgage Loan was a debtor in any state or Federal bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding at the time the Mortgage Loan was originated. The Seller has no knowledge nor has it received any notice that any Mortgagor in respect of the Mortgage Loan is a debtor in any state or federal bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding.
(e) Hazard Insurance. The Mortgaged Property is insured by a fire and extended perils insurance policy, issued by a Qualified Insurer, and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the Mortgaged Property is located, and to the extent required by Seller as of the date of origination consistent with the Underwriting Guidelines. If any portion of the Mortgaged Property is in an area identified by any federal Governmental Authority as having special flood hazards, and flood insurance is available, a flood insurance policy meeting the current guidelines of the Federal Emergency Management Agency is in effect with a generally acceptable insurance carrier, in an amount representing coverage not less than the least of (1) the outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan (2) the full insurable value of the Mortgaged Property, and (3) the maximum amount of insurance available under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended by the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973. All such insurance policies (collectively, the “hazard insurance policy”) contain a standard mortgagee clause naming the Seller, its successors and assigns (including, without limitation, subsequent owners of the Mortgage Loan), as mortgagee, and may not be reduced, terminated or canceled without thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to the mortgagee. No such notice has been received by the Seller. All premiums on such insurance policy have been paid. The related Mortgage obligates the Mortgagor to maintain all such insurance and, at such Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the mortgagee to maintain such insurance at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense and to seek reimbursement therefor from such Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, the 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 a condominium, or any 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 and is in full force and effect. The Seller has not engaged in, and has no knowledge of the Mortgagor’s having engaged in, any act or omission which would impair the coverage of any such policy, the benefits of the endorsement provided for herein, or the validity and binding effect of either including, without limitation, no unlawful fee, commission, kickback or other unlawful compensation or value of any kind has been or will be received, retained or realized by any attorney, firm or other Person, and no such unlawful items have been received, retained or realized by the Seller.
(f) Environmental Compliance. There does not exist on the Mortgaged Property any hazardous substances, hazardous materials, hazardous wastes, solid wastes or other pollutants, as such terms are defined in the Comprehensive
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Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq., the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. § 6901 et seq., or other applicable federal, state or local environmental laws including, without limitation, asbestos, in each case in excess of the permitted limits and allowances set forth in such environmental laws to the extent such laws are applicable to the Mortgaged Property. There is no pending action or proceeding directly involving the Mortgaged Property in which compliance with any environmental law, rule or regulation is an issue; there is no violation of any applicable environmental law (including, without limitation, asbestos), rule or regulation with respect to the Mortgaged Property; and nothing further remains to be done to satisfy in full all requirements of each such law, rule or regulation constituting a prerequisite to use and enjoyment of said property.
(g) Compliance with Applicable Laws. Any and all requirements of any federal, state or local law including, without limitation, usury, truth in lending, real estate settlement procedures, consumer credit protection, equal credit opportunity or disclosure laws applicable to the Mortgage Loan have been complied with, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not involve the violation of any such laws or regulations, and the Seller shall maintain or shall cause its agent to maintain in its possession, available for the inspection of Administrative Agent, and shall deliver to Administrative Agent, upon demand, evidence of compliance with all such requirements.
(h) No Satisfaction of Mortgage. The Mortgage has not been satisfied, canceled, 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 affect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission. Except with respect to a Mortgage Loan that is a GNMA EBO, Seller has not waived the performance by the Mortgagor of any action, if the Mortgagor’s failure to perform such action would cause the Mortgage Loan to be in default, nor has Seller waived any default resulting from any action or inaction by the Mortgagor.
(i) Location and Type of Mortgaged Property. The Mortgaged Property is located in an Acceptable State as identified in the Custodial Mortgage Loan Schedule and consists of a single parcel of real property with a detached single family residence erected thereon, or a two to four family dwelling, or an individual condominium unit in a low rise Co-op Project, or an individual unit in a planned unit development or a de minimis planned unit development; provided, however, that any condominium unit, Co-op Unit or planned unit development shall conform with the applicable Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac requirements regarding such dwellings or shall conform to underwriting guidelines acceptable to Administrative Agent in its sole discretion and that no residence or dwelling is a mobile home. No portion of the Mortgaged Property is used for commercial purposes; provided, that, the Mortgaged Property may be a mixed use property if such Mortgaged Property conforms to underwriting guidelines acceptable to Administrative Agent in its sole discretion.
(j) Valid First Lien. The Mortgage is a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected lien (and with respect to each first lien Mortgage Loan, first priority lien and first priority security interest) on the real property included in the Mortgaged Property, including all buildings on the Mortgaged Property and all installations of mechanical, electrical, plumbing, heating and air conditioning systems located in or annexed to such buildings, and all additions, alterations and replacements made at any time with respect to the foregoing. With respect to a Second Lien Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage creates a second lien or a second priority security interest on the real property securing the related Mortgage Note. The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to:
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a. the lien of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable;
b. covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of the public record as of the date of recording acceptable to prudent mortgage lending institutions generally and specifically referred to in lender’s title insurance policy delivered to the originator of the Mortgage Loan and (a) referred to or otherwise considered in the appraisal made for the originator of the Mortgage Loan or (b) which do not adversely affect the Appraised Value of the Mortgaged Property set forth in such appraisal;
c. other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage or the use, enjoyment, value or marketability of the related Mortgaged Property;
d. in the case of a Second Lien Mortgage Loan, the first lien on the Mortgaged Property.
Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to and delivered in connection with the Mortgage Loan, except with respect to a Second Lien Mortgage Loan, establishes and creates a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien and first priority security interest on the property described therein and Seller has full right to pledge and assign the same to Administrative Agent. Except with respect to a Second Lien Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was not, as of the date of origination of the Mortgage Loan, subject to a mortgage, deed of trust, deed to secure debt or other security instrument creating a lien subordinate to the lien of the Mortgage.
(k) Validity of Mortgage Documents. The Mortgage Note and the Mortgage and any other agreement executed and delivered by a Mortgagor or guarantor, if applicable, in connection with a Mortgage Loan are genuine, and each is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the maker thereof enforceable in accordance with its terms. All parties to the Mortgage Note, the Mortgage and any other such related agreement had legal capacity to enter into the Mortgage Loan and to execute and deliver the Mortgage Note, the Mortgage and any such agreement, and the Mortgage Note, the Mortgage and any other such related agreement have been duly and properly executed by such related parties. No fraud, error, omission, misrepresentation, negligence or similar occurrence with respect to a Mortgage Loan has taken place on the part of any Person, including, without limitation, the Mortgagor, any appraiser, any builder or developer, or any other party involved in the origination of the Mortgage Loan. The Seller has reviewed all of the documents constituting the Asset File and has made such inquiries as it deems necessary to make and confirm the accuracy of the representations set forth herein. To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, except as disclosed to Administrative Agent in writing, all tax identifications and property descriptions are legally sufficient; and tax segregation, where required, has been completed.
(l) Full Disbursement of Proceeds. There is no further requirement for future advances under the Mortgage Loan, and any and all requirements as to completion of any on site or off site improvement and as to disbursements of any escrow funds therefor have been complied with (except with regard to any FHA 203(k) loan, as applicable). All costs, fees and expenses incurred in making or closing the Mortgage Loan and the recording of the Mortgage were paid, and the Mortgagor is not entitled to any refund of any amounts paid or due under the Mortgage Note or Mortgage. All broker fees have been properly assessed to the Mortgagor and no claims will arise as to broker
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fees that are double charged and for which the Mortgagor would be entitled to reimbursement.
(m) Ownership. Seller has full right to sell the Mortgage Loan to Buyers free and clear 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 each Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement and following the sale of each Mortgage Loan, Buyers will own such Mortgage Loan (and with respect to any Co-op Loan, the sole owner of the related Assignment of Proprietary Lease) free and clear of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest except any such security interest created pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
(n) Doing Business. All parties which have had any interest in the Mortgage Loan, whether as mortgagee, assignee, pledgee or otherwise, are (or, during the period in which they held and disposed of such interest, were) (i) in compliance with any and all applicable licensing requirements of the laws of the state wherein the Mortgaged Property is located, and (ii) either (A) organized under the laws of such state, (B) qualified to do business in such state, (C) a federal savings and loan association, a savings bank or a national bank having a principal office in such state, or (D) not doing business in such state.
(o) Title Insurance. Unless such Mortgage Loan is a Co-op Loan, the Mortgage Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title, the form and substance of which is acceptable to prudent mortgage lending institutions making mortgage loans in the area wherein the Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA lender’s title insurance policy or other generally acceptable form of policy or insurance acceptable to Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac or GNMA, as applicable, and each such title insurance policy is issued by a title insurer acceptable to Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac or GNMA, as applicable, and qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the Seller, its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage, or solely with respect to a Second Lien Mortgage Loan, second priority lien, as applicable, in the original principal amount of the Mortgage Loan, subject only to the exceptions contained in clauses (a), (b), (c) and (d) of paragraph (j) of this Schedule 1-A, and in the case of adjustable rate Mortgage Loans, against any loss by reason of the invalidity or unenforceability of the lien resulting from the provisions of the Mortgage providing for adjustment to the Mortgage Interest Rate and Monthly Payment. Where required by state law or regulation, the Mortgagor has been given the opportunity to choose the carrier of the required mortgage title insurance. Additionally, such lender’s title insurance policy affirmatively insures ingress and egress and against encroachments by or upon the Mortgaged Property or any interest therein. The title policy does not contain any special exceptions (other than the standard exclusions) for zoning and uses and has been marked to delete the standard survey exception or to replace the standard survey exception with a specific survey reading. The Seller, its successors and assigns, are the sole insureds of such lender’s title insurance policy, and such lender’s title insurance policy is valid and remains in full force and effect and will be in force and effect upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. No claims have been made under such lender’s title insurance policy, and no prior holder or servicer of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything which would impair the coverage of such lender’s title insurance policy, including without limitation, no unlawful fee, commission, kickback or other unlawful compensation or value of any kind has been or will be received, retained or realized by any attorney, firm or other Person, and no such unlawful items have been received, retained or realized by the Seller.
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(p) No Defaults. Other than (i) Mortgage Loans that are GNMA EBOs, or (ii) Mortgage Loans which have defects that are otherwise disclosed to Administrative Agent in writing, there is no default, breach, violation or event of acceleration existing under the Mortgage or the Mortgage Note and no event has occurred 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 neither Seller nor its predecessors have waived any default, breach, violation or event of acceleration; and with respect to each Co-op Loan, there is no default in complying with the terms of the Mortgage Note, the Assignment of Proprietary Lease and the Proprietary Lease and all maintenance charges and assessments (including assessments payable in the future installments, which previously became due and owing) have been paid, and Seller has the right under the terms of the Mortgage Note, Assignment of Proprietary Lease and Recognition Agreement to pay any maintenance charges or assessments owed by the Mortgagor.
(q) No Mechanics’ Liens. 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 Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the Mortgage.
(r) Location of Improvements; No Encroachments. All improvements which were considered in determining the Appraised Value of the Mortgaged Property lie wholly within the boundaries and building restriction lines of the Mortgaged Property, and no improvements on adjoining properties encroach upon the Mortgaged Property. No improvement located on or being part of the Mortgaged Property is in violation of any applicable zoning and building law, ordinance or regulation.
(s) Origination; Payment Terms. The Mortgage Loan was originated by or in conjunction with a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act, a savings and loan association, a savings bank, a commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or similar banking institution which is supervised and examined by a federal or state authority. Principal and interest payments on the Mortgage Loan commenced no more than sixty (60) days after funds were disbursed (or after the interest only period expired, as applicable) in connection with the Mortgage Loan other than a Non-Agency Non-QM Mortgage Loan identified on the Asset Schedule. The Mortgagor contributed from their own funds to the purchase price for the Mortgaged Property, as required by the applicable Agency. Interest on the Mortgage Loan is calculated on the basis of a 360 day year consisting of twelve 30 day months. With respect to adjustable rate Mortgage Loans, the Mortgage Interest Rate is adjusted on each Interest Rate Adjustment Date to equal the Index plus the Gross Margin (rounded up or down to the nearest .125%), subject to the Mortgage Interest Rate Cap. The Mortgage Note is payable on the first day of each month in either (x) equal monthly installments of principal and interest or (y) interest only with regard to those Mortgage Loans which have an interest only period, which installments of interest with respect to adjustable rate Mortgage Loans, are subject to change on the Interest Rate Adjustment Date due to adjustments to the Mortgage Interest Rate on each Interest Rate Adjustment Date with interest calculated and payable in arrears, sufficient to amortize the Mortgage Loan fully by the stated maturity date, over an original term of not more than forty (40) years from commencement of amortization (other than with respect to a Second Lien Mortgage Loan that is originated as a home equity revolving line of credit).
(t) Customary Provisions. The Mortgage Note has a stated maturity. The Mortgage contains customary and enforceable provisions such as to render the rights
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and remedies of the holder thereof adequate for the realization against the Mortgaged Property of the benefits of the security provided thereby, including, (i) in the case of a Mortgage designated as a deed of trust, by trustee’s sale, and (ii) otherwise by judicial foreclosure. Upon default by a Mortgagor on a Mortgage Loan and foreclosure on, or trustee’s sale of, the Mortgaged Property pursuant to the proper procedures, the holder of the Mortgage Loan will be able to deliver good and merchantable title to the Mortgaged Property. There is no homestead or other exemption available to the Mortgagor or restriction on the Seller which would interfere with the right to sell the Mortgaged Property at a trustee's sale or otherwise or the right to foreclose on the related Mortgage. The Mortgage Note and Mortgage are on forms acceptable to Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae or GNMA, as applicable.
(u) Occupancy of the Mortgaged Property. As of the Purchase Date the Mortgaged Property is lawfully occupied under applicable law. All inspections, licenses and certificates required to be made or issued with respect to all occupied portions of the Mortgaged Property and, with respect to the use and occupancy of the same, including but not limited to certificates of occupancy and fire underwriting certificates, have been made or obtained from the appropriate authorities. The Seller has not received notification from any Governmental Authority that the Mortgaged Property is in material non compliance with such laws or regulations, is being used, operated or occupied unlawfully or has failed to have or obtain such inspection, licenses or certificates, as the case may be. The Seller has not received notice of any violation or failure to conform with any such law, ordinance, regulation, standard, license or certificate. With respect to any Mortgage Loan originated with an “owner occupied” Mortgaged Property, the Mortgagor represented at the time of origination of the Mortgage Loan that the Mortgagor would occupy the Mortgaged Property as the Mortgagor’s primary residence.
(v) No Additional Collateral. The Mortgage Note is not and has not been secured by any collateral except the lien of the corresponding Mortgage and the security interest of any applicable security agreement or chattel mortgage referred to in clause (j) above.
(w) Deeds of Trust. In the event the Mortgage constitutes a deed of trust, a trustee, authorized and duly qualified under applicable law to serve as such, has been properly designated and currently so serves and is named in the Mortgage, and no fees or expenses are or will become payable by the Custodian or Administrative Agent to the trustee under the deed of trust, except in connection with a trustee’s sale after default by the Mortgagor.
(x) Transfer of Mortgage Loans. Except with respect to Mortgage Loans intended for purchase by GNMA and for Mortgage Loans registered with MERS, the Assignment of Mortgage is in recordable form and is acceptable for recording under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the Mortgaged Property is located.
(y) Due On Sale. Except with respect to Mortgage Loans intended for purchase by GNMA, the Mortgage contains an enforceable provision for the acceleration of the payment of the unpaid principal balance of the Mortgage Loan in the event that the Mortgaged Property is sold or transferred without the prior written consent of the mortgagee thereunder.
(z) No Buydown Provisions; No Graduated Payments or Contingent Interests. Except with respect to Agency Mortgage Loans, the Mortgage Loan does not contain provisions pursuant to which Monthly Payments are paid or partially paid with
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funds deposited in any separate account established by Seller, the Mortgagor, or anyone on behalf of the Mortgagor, or paid by any source other than the Mortgagor nor does it contain any other similar provisions which may constitute a “buydown” provision. The Mortgage Loan is not a graduated payment mortgage loan and the Mortgage Loan does not have a shared appreciation or other contingent interest feature.
(aa) Consolidation of Future Advances. Any future advances made to the Mortgagor prior to the Purchase Date have been consolidated with the outstanding principal amount secured by the Mortgage, and the secured principal amount, as consolidated, bears a single interest rate and single repayment term. With respect to each Mortgage Loan other than a Co-op Loan, the lien of the Mortgage securing the consolidated principal amount is expressly insured as having first lien priority (or in the case of a Second Lien Mortgage Loan, a second lien priority) by a title insurance policy, an endorsement to the policy insuring the mortgagee’s consolidated interest or by other title evidence acceptable to Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac or GNMA. The consolidated principal amount does not exceed the original principal amount of the Mortgage Loan.
(bb) No Condemnation Proceeding. There are no current condemnation proceedings with respect to the Mortgaged Property and the Seller has no knowledge of any such proceedings.
(cc) Collection Practices; Escrow Deposits; Interest Rate Adjustments. The origination and collection practices used by the originator, each servicer of the Mortgage Loan and the Seller with respect to the Mortgage Loan have been in all respects in compliance with Accepted Servicing Practices, applicable laws and regulations, and have been in all respects legal and proper. With respect to escrow deposits and Escrow Payments, all such payments are in the possession of, or under the control of, the Seller and there exist no deficiencies in connection therewith for which customary arrangements for repayment thereof have not been made. All Escrow Payments have been collected in full compliance with state and federal law. An escrow of funds is not prohibited by applicable law and, where required under the applicable Underwriting Guidelines, has been established in an amount sufficient to pay for every item that remains unpaid and has been assessed but is not yet due and payable. No escrow deposits or Escrow Payments or other charges or payments due the Seller have been capitalized under the Mortgage or the Mortgage Note. All Mortgage Interest Rate adjustments have been made in strict compliance with state and federal law and the terms of the related Mortgage Note. Any interest required to be paid pursuant to state, federal and local law has been properly paid and credited.
(dd) Conversion to Fixed Interest Rate. Except as allowed by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac or GNMA or otherwise as expressly approved in writing by Administrative Agent, with respect to adjustable rate Mortgage Loans, the Mortgage Loan is not convertible to a fixed interest rate Mortgage Loan.
(ee) Other Insurance Policies. No action, inaction or event has occurred and no state of facts exists or has existed that has resulted or will result in the exclusion from, denial of, or defense to coverage under any applicable special hazard insurance policy, private mortgage insurance policy or bankruptcy bond, irrespective of the cause of such failure of coverage. In connection with the placement of any such insurance, no commission, fee, or other compensation has been or will be received by the Seller or by any officer, director, or employee of the Seller or any designee of the Seller or any corporation in which the Seller or any officer, director, or employee had a financial interest at the time of placement of such insurance.
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(ff) Servicemembers Civil Relief Act. The Mortgagor has not notified the Seller, and the Seller has no knowledge, of any relief requested or allowed to the Mortgagor under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act of 2003.
(gg) Appraisal. The Asset File contains either (i) to the extent permitted by the applicable Agency, a Property Inspection Waiver (as defined in the applicable Agency guidelines) or (ii) an appraisal of the related Mortgaged Property signed prior to the funding of the Mortgage Loan by a qualified appraiser, duly appointed by Seller, who had no interest, direct or indirect in the Mortgaged Property or in any loan made on the security thereof, and whose compensation is not affected by the approval or disapproval of the Mortgage Loan, and the appraisal and appraiser both satisfy the requirements of Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac and Title XI of the Federal Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 as amended and the regulations promulgated thereunder, all as in effect on the date the Mortgage Loan was originated; provided that the foregoing requirement shall not apply to Agency Mortgage Loans where the applicable Agency does not so require it. As of the origination date, no appraisal is more than one hundred and twenty (120) days old.
(hh) Disclosure Materials. The Mortgagor has executed a statement to the effect that the Mortgagor has received all disclosure materials required by applicable law with respect to the making of adjustable rate mortgage loans, and the Seller maintains such statement in the Asset File.
(ii) Construction or Rehabilitation of Mortgaged Property. No Mortgage Loan (other than an FHA 203(k) loan) was made in connection with the construction or rehabilitation of a Mortgaged Property or facilitating the trade in or exchange of a Mortgaged Property.
(jj) No Defense to Insurance Coverage. No action has been taken or failed to be taken, no event has occurred and no state of facts exists or has existed on or prior to the Purchase Date (whether or not known to Seller on or prior to such date) which has resulted or will result in an exclusion from, denial of, or defense to coverage under any private mortgage insurance (including, without limitation, any exclusions, denials or defenses which would limit or reduce the availability of the timely payment of the full amount of the loss otherwise due thereunder to the insured) whether arising out of actions, representations, errors, omissions, negligence, or fraud of the Seller, the related Mortgagor or any party involved in the application for such coverage, including the appraisal, plans and specifications and other exhibits or documents submitted therewith to the insurer under such insurance policy, or for any other reason under such coverage, but not including the failure of such insurer to pay by reason of such insurer’s breach of such insurance policy or such insurer’s financial inability to pay.
(kk) Capitalization of Interest. The Mortgage Note does not by its terms provide for the capitalization or forbearance of interest.
(ll) No Equity Participation. No document relating to the Mortgage Loan provides for any contingent or additional interest in the form of participation in the cash flow of the Mortgaged Property or a sharing in the appreciation of the value of the Mortgaged Property. The indebtedness evidenced by the Mortgage Note is not convertible to an ownership interest in the Mortgaged Property or the Mortgagor and the Seller has not financed nor does it own directly or indirectly, any equity of any form in the Mortgaged Property or the Mortgagor.
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(mm) Proceeds of Mortgage Loan. The proceeds of the Mortgage Loan have not been and shall not be used to satisfy, in whole or in part, any debt owed or owing by the Mortgagor to the Seller or any Affiliate or correspondent of the Seller, except in connection with a refinanced Mortgage Loan; provided, however, no such refinanced Mortgage Loan shall have been originated pursuant to a streamlined mortgage loan refinancing program.
(nn) Origination Date. (i) With respect to Mortgage Loans other than correspondent loans, Scratch and Dent Mortgage Loans and GNMA EBOs, the Purchase Date is no more than thirty (30) days following the origination date and (ii) with respect to correspondent loans (other than GNMA EBOs and Scratch and Dent Mortgage Loans), the Purchase Date is no more than one-hundred and eighty (180) days following the origination date.
(oo) No Exception. The Custodian has not noted any material exceptions on a Custodial Asset Schedule with respect to the Mortgage Loan which would materially adversely affect the Mortgage Loan or Administrative Agent’s or Buyers’ interest in the Mortgage Loan.
(pp) Mortgage Submitted for Recordation. The Mortgage either has been or will promptly be submitted for recordation in the appropriate governmental recording office of the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located.
(qq) Documents Genuine. Such Purchased Mortgage Loan and all accompanying collateral documents are complete and authentic and all signatures thereon are genuine. Except for FHA 203(k) loans, such Purchased Mortgage Loan is a “closed” loan fully funded by Seller and held in Seller’s name.
(rr) Bona Fide Loan. Such Purchased Mortgage Loan arose from a bona fide loan, complying with all applicable State and Federal laws and regulations, to persons having legal capacity to contract and is not subject to any defense, set-off or counterclaim.
(ss) Reserved,
(tt) Description. Each Purchased Mortgage Loan conforms to the description thereof as set forth on the related Custodial Asset Schedule delivered to the Custodian and Administrative Agent.
(uu) Located in U.S. No collateral (including, without limitation, the related real property and the dwellings thereon and otherwise) relating to a Purchased Mortgage Loan is located in any jurisdiction other than in one of the fifty (50) states of the United States of America or the District of Columbia.
(vv) Underwriting Guidelines. Except with respect to Mortgage Loans that are GNMA EBOs or Scratch and Dent Mortgage Loans, each Purchased Mortgage Loan has been originated in accordance with the Underwriting Guidelines (including all supplements or amendments thereto) previously provided to Administrative Agent.
(ww) Aging. Such Purchased Mortgage Loan has not been subject to a Transaction hereunder for more than the applicable Aging Limit (to the extent there is an applicable Aging Limit for such Mortgage Loan).
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(xx) Committed Mortgage Loans. Each Committed Mortgage Loan is covered by a Take-out Commitment, does not exceed the availability under such Take-out Commitment (taking into consideration mortgage loans which have been purchased by the respective Take-out Investor under the Take-out Commitment and mortgage loan which Seller has identified to Administrative Agent as covered by such Take-out Commitment) and conforms to the requirements and the specifications set forth in such Take-out Commitment and the related regulations, rules, requirements and/or handbooks of the applicable Take-out Investor and is eligible for sale to and insurance or guaranty by, respectively the applicable Take-out Investor and applicable insurer. Each Take-out Commitment is a legal, valid and binding obligation of Seller enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject, as to enforceability, to general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law).
(yy) Reserved.
(zz) Reserved.
(aaa) Predatory Lending Regulations; High Cost Mortgage Loans. No Mortgage Loan is classified as High Cost Mortgage Loans.
(bbb) Credit Score and Reporting. As of the Purchase Date, the Mortgagor’s credit score as listed on the Asset Schedule is no more than one hundred twenty (120) days old. Full, complete and accurate information with respect to the Mortgagor’s credit file was furnished to Equifax, Experian and Trans Union Credit Information in accordance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act and its implementing regulations.
(ccc) Wet Ink Mortgage Loans. With respect to each Mortgage Loan that is a Wet Ink Mortgage Loan, the Settlement Agent has been instructed in writing by Seller to hold the related Asset Documents as agent and bailee for Administrative Agent or Administrative Agent’s agent and to promptly forward such Asset Documents in accordance with the provisions of the Custodial Agreement and the Escrow Instruction Letter.
(ddd) FHA Mortgage Insurance; VA Loan Guaranty. With respect to the FHA Loans, the FHA Mortgage Insurance Contract is or eligible to be in full force and effect and there exists no impairment to full recovery without indemnity to the Department of Housing and Urban Development or the FHA under FHA Mortgage Insurance. With respect to the VA Loans, the VA Loan Guaranty Agreement is in full force and effect to the maximum extent stated therein. All necessary steps have been taken to keep such guaranty or insurance valid, binding and enforceable and each of such is the binding, valid and enforceable obligation of the FHA and the VA, respectively, to the full extent thereof, without surcharge, set off or defense. Except with respect to a Mortgage Loan that is a GNMA EBO, each FHA Loan and VA Loan was originated in accordance with the criteria of an Agency for purchase of such Mortgage Loans.
(eee) Asset Schedule. The information set forth in the related Asset Schedule and all other information or data furnished by, or on behalf of, Seller to Administrative Agent is complete, true and correct in all material respects.
(fff) Qualified Mortgage. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, on and after January 10, 2014 (or such later date as set forth in
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the relevant regulations), (i) prior to the origination of each Mortgage Loan, the originator made a reasonable and good faith determination that the Mortgagor had a reasonable ability to repay the loan according to its terms, in accordance with, at a minimum, the eight underwriting factors set forth in 12 CFR 1026.43(c) and (ii) other than Non-Agency Non-QM Mortgage Loans, unless otherwise approved in writing by Administrative Agent or a Buyer, each Mortgage Loan is a “Qualified Mortgage” as defined in 12 CFR 1026.43(e).
(ggg) Co-op Loan: Valid First Lien. With respect to each Co-op Loan, the related Mortgage is a valid, enforceable and subsisting first priority security interest on the related Co-op Shares securing the related Proprietary Lease, subject only to (a) liens of the Co-op Corporation for unpaid assessments representing the Mortgagor’s pro rata share of the Co-op Corporation’s payments for its blanket mortgage, current and future real property taxes, insurance premiums, maintenance fees and other assessments to which like collateral is commonly subject and (b) other matters to which like collateral is commonly subject which do not materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the security interest. There are no liens against or security interests in the Co-op Shares relating to each Co-op Loan (except for unpaid maintenance, assessments and other amounts owed to the related cooperative which individually or in the aggregate will not have a material adverse effect on such Co-op Loan), which have priority equal to or over Seller’s security interest in such Co-op Shares.
(hhh) Co-op Loan: Compliance with Law. With respect to each Co-op Loan, the related Co-op Corporation that owns title to the related Co-op Project is a “cooperative housing corporation” within the meaning of Section 216 of the Internal Revenue Code, and is in material compliance with applicable federal, state and local laws which, if not complied with, could have a material adverse effect on the Mortgaged Property.
(iii) Co-op Loan: No Pledge. With respect to each Co-op Loan, there is no prohibition against pledging the Co-op Shares or assigning the Proprietary Lease. With respect to each Co-op Loan, (i) the term of the related Proprietary Lease is longer than the term of the Co-op Loan, (ii) there is no provision in any Proprietary Lease which requires the Mortgagor to offer for sale the Co-op Shares owned by such Mortgagor first to the Co-op Corporation, (iii) there is no prohibition in any Proprietary Lease against pledging the Co-op Shares or assigning the Proprietary Lease and (iv) the Recognition Agreement is on a form of agreement published by Aztech Document Systems, Inc. as of the date hereof or includes provisions which are no less favorable to the lender than those contained in such agreement. To the extent required by the Takeout Investor with respect to such Co-op Loan, Seller shall also deliver to the Custodian an executed Assignment of Recognition Agreement (as such term is defined in the Custodial Agreement) with respect to such Co-op Loan.
(jjj) Co-op Loan: Acceleration of Payment. With respect to each Co-op Loan, each Assignment of Proprietary Lease contains enforceable provisions such as to render the rights and remedies of the holder thereof adequate for the realization of the material benefits of the security provided thereby. The Assignment of Proprietary Lease contains an enforceable provision for the acceleration of the payment of the unpaid principal balance of the Mortgage Note in the event the Co-op Unit is transferred or sold without the consent of the holder thereof.
(kkk) TRID Compliance. With respect to each Mortgage Loan where the Mortgagor’s loan application for the Mortgage Loan was taken on or after October 3,
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2015, such Mortgage Loan was originated in compliance with the TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure Rule.
(lll) Wet-Ink Mortgage Loans. With respect to each Mortgage Loan that is a Wet-Ink Mortgage Loan, the Settlement Agent has been instructed in writing by Seller to hold the related Asset Documents as agent and bailee for Administrative Agent or Administrative Agent’s agent and to promptly forward such Asset Documents in accordance with the provisions of the related Custodial Agreement and the Escrow Instruction Letter.
(mmm) eNote Legend. If the Mortgage Loan is an eMortgage Loan, the related eNote contains the Agency-Required eNote Legend.
(nnn) eNotes. With respect to each eMortgage Loan, the related eNote satisfies all of the following criteria:
(i)the eNote bears a digital or electronic signature;
(ii)the Hash Value of the eNote indicated in the MERS eRegistry matches the Hash Value of the eNote as reflected in the eVault;
(iii)there is a single Authoritative Copy of the eNote, as applicable and within the meaning of Section 9-105 of the UCC or Section 16 of the UETA, as applicable, that is held in the eVault;
(iv)the Location status of the eNote on the MERS eRegistry reflects the MERS Org ID of the Custodian;
(v)the Controller status of the eNote on the MERS eRegistry reflects the MERS Org ID of Administrative Agent;
(vi)the Delegatee status of the eNote on the MERS eRegistry reflects the MERS Org ID of Custodian;
(vii)the Master Servicer Field status of the eNote on the MERS eRegistry reflects the MERS Org ID of Servicer or Seller;
(viii)the Subservicer Field status of the eNote on the MERS eRegistry (i) reflects, if there is a third-party subservicer, such subservicer’s MERS Org ID or (ii) if there is not a subservicer, is blank;
(ix)There is no Control Failure, eNote Replacement Failure or Unauthorized Master Servicer or Subservicer Modification with respect to such eNote;
(x)the eNote is a valid and enforceable Transferable Record or comprises “electronic chattel paper” within the meaning of the UCC;
(xi)there is no defect with respect to the eNote that would result in Administrative Agent having less than full rights,
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benefits and defenses of “Control” (within the meaning of the UETA or the UCC, as applicable) of the Transferable Record; and
(xii)there is no paper copy of the eNote in existence nor has the eNote been papered-out.
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SCHEDULE 2
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVES
SELLER AUTHORIZATIONS
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ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND BUYER AUTHORIZATIONS
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EXHIBIT A
RESERVED
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EXHIBIT B
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Exhibit B
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EXHIBIT C
RESERVED
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EXHIBIT D
FORM OF POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that loanDepot.com, LLC (“Seller”) hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints Atlas Securitized Products, L.P. (“Administrative Agent”) and any officer or agent thereof, with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full irrevocable power and authority in the place and stead of Seller and in the name of Seller or in its own name, from time to time in Administrative Agent’s discretion:
(a) in the name of Seller, or in its own name, or otherwise, to take possession of and endorse and collect any checks, drafts, notes, acceptances or other instruments for the payment of moneys due with respect to any assets purchased by Administrative Agent on behalf of certain Buyers and/or Repledgees under the Master Repurchase Agreement (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time) dated March 10, 2017 (the “Assets”) and to file any claim or to take any other action or proceeding in any court of law or equity or otherwise deemed appropriate by Administrative Agent for the purpose of collecting any and all such moneys due with respect to any other assets whenever payable;
(b) to pay or discharge taxes and liens levied or placed on or threatened against the Assets;
(c) (i) to direct any party liable for any payment under any Assets to make payment of any and all moneys due or to become due thereunder directly to Administrative Agent or as Administrative Agent shall direct; (ii) to ask or demand for, collect, receive payment of and receipt for, any and all moneys, claims and other amounts due or to become due at any time in respect of or arising out of any Assets; (iii) to sign and endorse any invoices, assignments, verifications, notices and other documents in connection with any Assets; (iv) to commence and prosecute any suits, actions or proceedings at law or in equity in any court of competent jurisdiction to collect the Assets or any proceeds thereof and to enforce any other right in respect of any Assets; (v) to defend any suit, action or proceeding brought against Seller with respect to any Assets; (vi) to settle, compromise or adjust any suit, action or proceeding described in clause (vii) above and, in connection therewith, to give such discharges or releases as Administrative Agent may deem appropriate; (viii) to cause the mortgagee of record to be changed to Administrative Agent on the FHA or VA system, as applicable; and (ix) generally, to sell, transfer, pledge and make any agreement with respect to or otherwise deal with any Assets as fully and completely as though Administrative Agent were the absolute owner thereof for all purposes, and to do, at Administrative Agent’s option and Seller’s expense, at any time, and from time to time, all acts and things which Administrative Agent deems necessary to protect, preserve or realize upon the Assets and Administrative Agent’s Liens thereon and to effect the intent of this Agreement, all as fully and effectively as Seller might do;
(d) for the purpose of carrying out the transfer of servicing with respect to the Assets from Seller to a successor servicer appointed by Administrative Agent in its sole discretion and to take any and all appropriate action and to execute any and all documents and instruments which may be necessary or desirable to accomplish such transfer of servicing, and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Seller hereby gives Administrative Agent the power and right, on behalf of Seller, without assent by Seller, to, in the name of Seller or its own name, or otherwise, prepare and send or cause to be sent “good-bye” letters to all mortgagors under the Assets, transferring the
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servicing of the Assets to a successor servicer appointed by Administrative Agent in its sole discretion; and
(e) for the purpose of delivering any notices of sale to mortgagors or other third parties, including without limitation, those required by law.
Seller hereby ratifies all that said attorneys shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney is a power coupled with an interest and shall be irrevocable.
Seller also authorizes Administrative Agent, from time to time, to execute, in connection with any sale, any endorsements, assignments or other instruments of conveyance or transfer with respect to the Assets.
The powers conferred on Administrative Agent hereunder are solely to protect Administrative Agent’s interests in the Assets and shall not impose any duty upon it to exercise any such powers. Administrative Agent shall be accountable only for amounts that it actually receives as a result of the exercise of such powers, and neither it nor any of its officers, directors, employees or agents shall be responsible to Seller for any act or failure to act hereunder, except for its or their own gross negligence or willful misconduct.
TO INDUCE ANY THIRD PARTY TO ACT HEREUNDER, SELLER HEREBY AGREES THAT ANY THIRD PARTY RECEIVING A DULY EXECUTED COPY OR FACSIMILE OF THIS INSTRUMENT MAY ACT HEREUNDER, AND THAT REVOCATION OR TERMINATION HEREOF SHALL BE INEFFECTIVE AS TO SUCH THIRD PARTY UNLESS AND UNTIL ACTUAL NOTICE OR KNOWLEDGE OF SUCH REVOCATION OR TERMINATION SHALL HAVE BEEN RECEIVED BY SUCH THIRD PARTY, AND ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT ON ITS OWN BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT’S ASSIGNS, HEREBY AGREES TO INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS ANY SUCH THIRD PARTY FROM AND AGAINST ANY AND ALL CLAIMS THAT MAY ARISE AGAINST SUCH THIRD PARTY BY REASON OF SUCH THIRD PARTY HAVING RELIED ON THE PROVISIONS OF THIS INSTRUMENT.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF Seller has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed and Seller’s seal to be affixed this _____ day of _________, 20[_].
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STATE OF )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF )
On the ____ day of ______________, 20__ before me, a Notary Public in and for said State, personally appeared ________________________________, known to me to be _________________________________________________ of [_________________], the institution that executed the within instrument and also known to me to be the person who executed it on behalf of said corporation, and acknowledged to me that such corporation executed the within instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand affixed my office seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.
_____________________________
Notary Public
My Commission expires ________________________________
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EXHIBIT E
RESERVED
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EXHIBIT F
RESERVED
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EXHIBIT G
RESERVED
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EXHIBIT H
RESERVED
Exhibit H-1
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EXHIBIT I
FORM OF ESCROW INSTRUCTION LETTER
[TO BE ATTACHED]
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EXHIBIT J
FORM OF SERVICER NOTICE
[Date]
[________________], as Servicer
[ADDRESS]
Attention: ___________
Re: Master Repurchase Agreement, dated as of March 10, 2017 (the “Repurchase Agreement”), by and among loanDepot.com, LLC (the “Seller”) and Atlas Securitized Products, L.P. (the “Administrative Agent”), on behalf of Buyers and/or certain Repledgees, as applicable.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
[___________________] (the “Servicer”) is servicing certain mortgage loans for Seller pursuant to that certain Servicing Agreement between the Servicer and Seller. Pursuant to the Repurchase Agreement, the Servicer is hereby notified that Seller has pledged to Administrative Agent for the benefit of Buyers certain mortgage loans (“Assets”) which are serviced by Servicer which are subject to a security interest in favor of Administrative Agent.
Section 1. Remittance to Account; Notice of Default.
(1)Upon written notice following the occurrence of and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Servicer shall segregate all amounts (the “Servicing Income”) collected on account of the Assets which are then subject to transactions under the Repurchase Agreement (the “Subject Assets”), hold them in trust for the sole and exclusive benefit of Administrative Agent, and remit such collections in accordance with the below instructions. Servicer shall follow the instructions only of Administrative Agent with respect to the Subject Assets, and shall deliver to Administrative Agent any information with respect to the Subject Assets reasonably requested by Administrative Agent. Seller hereby notifies and instructs the Servicer and the Servicer is hereby authorized and instructed, and hereby agrees that upon written notice following the occurrence of and during the continuance of an Event of Default, Servicer shall remit any and all Servicing Income to the following account no later than two (2) Business Days following receipt thereof, which instructions are irrevocable without the prior written consent of Administrative Agent:
[APPLICABLE ACCOUNT]
(2)Upon written notice following the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, Administrative Agent will have the right to immediately terminate Servicer’s right to service the Subject Assets without payment of any penalty or termination fee under the Servicing Agreement. Upon receipt of such notice, Seller and the Servicer shall cooperate in transferring the applicable servicing of the Subject Assets to a successor servicer appointed by Administrative Agent in its sole discretion.
(3)Notwithstanding any contrary information which may be delivered to the Servicer by Seller, the Servicer may conclusively rely on any information, Notice of Event of Default delivered by Administrative Agent, and Seller shall indemnify and hold the Servicer harmless for any and all claims asserted against it for any actions taken in good faith by the Servicer in connection with the delivery of such information, Notice of Event of Default.
Exhibit J-1
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(4)The Administrative Agent, on behalf of Buyers and Repledgees, is an intended third party beneficiary of the Servicing Agreement with full enforcement rights thereunder.
(5)Notwithstanding any contrary information which may be delivered to the Servicer by Seller, the Servicer may conclusively rely on any information or notice delivered by Buyer.
Section 2. Back-up Administrative Agent; Successor Administrative Agent.
In the event that the Administrative Agent gives the Servicer written notice that a back-up Administrative Agent (the “Back-up Administrative Agent”) has been appointed under the Repurchase Agreement with the prior written consent of the Seller (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), then to the extent that the Servicer subsequently receives written notice from the Back-up Administrative Agent that it has assumed the role of Administrative Agent thereunder (in such case, the “Successor Administrative Agent”), then the Successor Administrative Agent shall assume all rights and obligations of the Administrative Agent hereunder, with no further action required by the parties, and the Servicer shall follow the directions of the Successor Administrative Agent hereunder for all directions to be given by the Administrative Agent hereunder.
Section 3. Servicer as Bailee. Servicer hereby acknowledges and agrees that on receipt of any Mortgage File, it shall hold such Mortgage File as bailee for Administrative Agent.
Section 4. Counterparts. This Servicer Notice may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken together constitutes one and the same instrument, and each party hereto may execute this Servicer Notice by signing any such counterpart.
Section 5. Entire Agreement. This Servicer Notice, together with the other Program Agreements, constitutes the entire understanding between Administrative Agent, Seller and Servicer with respect to the subject matter they cover and supersedes any existing agreements between the parties relating to the matters provided for herein and therein. No alteration, waiver, amendments, or change or supplement hereto will be binding or effective unless the same is set forth in writing by a duly authorized representative of each party hereto.
Section 6. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Waiver of Trial by Jury.
(1)THIS SERVICER NOTICE SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, AND GOVERNED BY, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO THE CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF.
(2)SELLER AND SERVICER HEREBY WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY. SELLER AND SERVICER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF ANY COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, OR IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE PROGRAM AGREEMENTS IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING. SELLER AND SERVICER HEREBY SUBMITS TO, AND WAIVES ANY OBJECTION THEY MAY HAVE TO, EXCLUSIVE PERSONAL JURISDICTION AND VENUE IN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, WITH RESPECT TO ANY DISPUTES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS SERVICER NOTICE.
Exhibit J-2
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Very truly yours,
[____________________]
By:
Name:
Title:
ACKNOWLEDGED:
[____________________]
as Servicer
By:
Title:
Telephone:
Facsimile:
LOANDEPOT.COM, LLC
By:
Name:
Title:
Exhibit A
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Exhibit B
SCHEDULE 2
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVES
SELLER AUTHORIZATIONS
[***]
Authorized Representatives to Master Repurchase Agreement
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Certain confidential information contained in this document, marked by “[***]”, has been omitted because it is both (i) not material and (ii) would be competitively harmful if publicly disclosed.
EXECUTION
AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO AMENDED AND RESTATED MORTGAGE LOAN PARTICIPATION SALE AGREEMENT
This Amendment No. 1 to the Amended and Restated Mortgage Loan Participation Sale Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2023 (this “Amendment”), is between JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association (the “Purchaser”) and loanDepot.com, LLC (the “Seller”).
RECITALS
The parties hereto are parties to that certain Amended and Restated Mortgage Loan Participation Sale Agreement, dated as of November 10, 2022 (as amended, restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified prior to the date hereof, the “Existing Participation Agreement”; and as amended by this Amendment, the “Participation Agreement”). Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Existing Participation Agreement.
The parties hereto have agreed, subject to the terms and conditions of this Amendment, that the Existing Participation Agreement be amended to reflect certain agreed upon revisions to the terms of the Existing Participation Agreement.
Accordingly, the parties hereto hereby agree, in consideration of the mutual promises and mutual obligations set forth herein, that the Existing Participation Agreement is hereby amended as follows:
1SECTION 1. Amendment to the Existing Participation Agreement. Effective as of the date hereof, the Existing Participation Agreement is hereby amended to delete the stricken text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: stricken text) and to add the double-underlined text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: double-underlined text) as set forth in Exhibit A hereto. The parties hereto further acknowledge and agree that Exhibit A constitutes the Participation Agreement.
1SECTION 2. Conditions Precedent to Amendment. This Amendment shall be effective as of the date hereof, subject to the execution and delivery of this Amendment by all parties hereto.
1SECTION 3. Limited Effect. Except as expressly amended and modified by this Amendment, the Existing Participation Agreement shall continue to be, and shall remain, in full force and effect in accordance with its terms.
1SECTION 4. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed by each of the parties hereto on any number of separate counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Counterparts may be delivered electronically. Facsimile, documents executed, scanned, and transmitted electronically and electronic signatures shall be deemed original signatures for purposes of this Amendment and all matters related thereto, with such facsimile, scanned, and electronic signatures having the same legal effect as original signatures. The parties agree that this Amendment, any addendum or amendment hereto or any other document necessary for the consummation of the transaction contemplated by this Amendment may be accepted, executed, or agreed to through the use of an electronic signature in accordance with the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, Title 15, United States Code, Sections 7001 et
seq., the Uniform Electronic Transaction Act and any applicable state law. Any document accepted, executed, or agreed to in conformity with such laws will be binding on all parties hereto to the same extent as if it were physically executed and each party hereby consents to the use of any secure third party electronic signature capture service providers, as long as such service providers use system logs and audit trails that establish a temporal and process link between the presentation of identity documents and the electronic signing, together with identifying information that can be used to verify the electronic signature and its attribution to the signer’s identity and evidence of the signer’s agreement to conduct the transaction electronically and of the signer’s execution of each electronic signature.
1SECTION 5. Severability. Each provision and agreement herein shall be treated as separate and independent from any other provision or agreement herein and shall be enforceable notwithstanding the unenforceability of any such other provision or agreement.
1SECTION 6. Governing Law. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, AND GOVERNED BY, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO THE CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF (EXCEPT FOR SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW, WHICH SHALL GOVERN).
[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused their name to be duly signed to this Amendment by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, all as of the date first above written.
PURCHASER:
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By: /s/ Jonathan Davis
Name: Jonathan Davis
Title: Executive Director
Signature Page to Amendment No. 1 to Amended and Restated Mortgage Loan Participation Sale Agreement
SELLER:
LOANDEPOT.COM, LLC
By: /s/ David Hayes
Name: David Hayes
Title: CFO
Signature Page to Amendment No. 1 to Amended and Restated Mortgage Loan Participation Sale Agreement
Exhibit A
PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT
(See attached)
AMENDED AND RESTATED
MORTGAGE LOAN PARTICIPATION SALE AGREEMENT
between
LOANDEPOT.COM, LLC,
as Seller,
and
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Purchaser
November 10, 2022
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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EXHIBITS
SCHEDULE 1 AUTHORIZATIONS
EXHIBIT A FORM OF TAKEOUT ASSIGNMENT
EXHIBIT B MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE DATA FIELDS
EXHIBIT C SELLER’S WIRE TRANSFER INSTRUCTIONS
EXHIBIT D FORM OF OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE SELLER
AMENDED AND RESTATED
MORTGAGE LOAN PARTICIPATION SALE AGREEMENT
This is an AMENDED AND RESTATED MORTGAGE LOAN PARTICIPATION SALE AGREEMENT (“Agreement”), dated as of November 10, 2022, between JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association (“Purchaser”) and loanDepot.com, LLC (“Seller”).
R E C I T A L S
WHEREAS, Seller desires to continue to sell from time to time to Purchaser all of Seller’s right, title and interest in and to designated pools of fully amortizing first lien residential Mortgage Loans (defined below) (each such pool of Mortgage Loans so purchased and sold, a “Mortgage Pool”), each in the form of a 100% participation interest evidenced by a Participation Certificate, and Purchaser, at its sole election has agreed to purchase such Participation Certificates evidencing such participation interests from Seller in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and the Custodial Agreement.
WHEREAS, Seller acknowledges that it will cause each Mortgage Pool purchased hereunder as evidenced by a Participation Certificate to be converted into an Agency Security relating to such Mortgage Pool, such Agency Security to be backed by and to relate to the Mortgage Loans subject to the Mortgage Pools. In furtherance thereof, Seller agrees to cause the related Agency Security to be issued and delivered on or before the Settlement Date under the terms and conditions provided herein.
WHEREAS, coincident with each Mortgage Pool purchase, Seller will have validly assigned to Purchaser all of Seller’s rights and obligations under one or more forward purchase commitments each evidencing an institution’s commitment to purchase on a mandatory basis on a designated purchase date an agreed upon principal amount of the related Agency Security.
WHEREAS, the parties hereto previously entered into that certain Mortgage Loan Participation Sale Agreement, dated as of August 15, 2016 (as amended, restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the date hereof, the “Existing Agreement”).
WHEREAS, the parties hereto have requested that the Existing Agreement be amended and restated in its entirety to amend certain provisions set forth herein on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein, Purchaser and Seller, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:
Section 1.Definitions.
Capitalized terms used in this Agreement and not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Pricing Side Letter. Capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall have the meanings ascribed to them below.
“Accepted Servicing Practices”: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, such standards which comply with the applicable standards and requirements
under: (i) an applicable Agency Program and related provisions of the applicable Agency Guide pursuant to which the related Agency Security is intended to be issued, and/or (ii) any applicable FHA and/or VA program and related provisions of applicable FHA and/or VA servicing guidelines.
“Additional Collateral”: Shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 7(d) of this Agreement.
“Agency”: The Government National Mortgage Association (“GNMA”), the Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie Mae”), and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“Freddie Mac”), as applicable.
“Agency Approvals”: Shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 9(a)(xxiv) of this Agreement.
“Agency Eligible Mortgage Loan”: A mortgage loan that is in strict compliance with the eligibility requirements for swap or purchase by the designated Agency, under the applicable Agency Guide and/or applicable Agency Program.
“Agency Guaranty Fee”: Such fee, payable monthly by Seller to the Agency, as set by the Agency and as in effect at the time a Transaction is commenced, the amount of which with respect to each Mortgage Loan shall be specified as a percentage of par by notice from Seller to Purchaser and on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.
“Agency Guide”: Respecting GNMA Securities, the GNMA Mortgage-Backed Securities Guide; respecting Fannie Mae Securities, the Fannie Mae Selling Guide and the Fannie Mae Servicing Guide; and respecting Freddie Mac Securities, the Freddie Mac Sellers’ and Servicers’ Guide; in each case as such Agency Guide may be amended from time to time.
“Agency Program”: The specific mortgage-backed securities swap or purchase program under the relevant Agency Guide or as otherwise approved by the Agency pursuant to which the Agency Security for a given Transaction is to be issued.
“Agency Security”: A fully modified pass-through mortgage-backed certificate guaranteed by GNMA, a guaranteed mortgage pass-through certificate issued by Fannie Mae, or a mortgage participation certificate issued by Freddie Mac, in each case representing or backed by the Mortgage Pool which is the subject of a Transaction. The particular Agency Security for the relevant Agency is alternatively referred to as: “GNMA Securities” (in the case of GNMA), “Fannie Mae Securities” (in the case of Fannie Mae) and “Freddie Mac Securities” (in the case of Freddie Mac).
“Agency Security Face Amount”: The original unpaid principal balance of the Agency Security.
“Agency Security Issuance Deadline”: The date by which the Agency Security must be issued and delivered to Purchaser, which, unless otherwise agreed to by Purchaser as provided herein, shall occur no later than the Settlement Date.
“Agency Security Issuance Failure”: Failure of the Agency Security to be issued for any reason whatsoever on or before the Agency Security Issuance Deadline, or a prior good faith determination by Seller or Purchaser that such Agency Security will not be issued on or before such time.
“Anti-Corruption Laws”: All laws, rules and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to Seller or its Affiliates from time to time concerning or relating to bribery or corruption.
“Anti-Money Laundering Laws”: Federal, state and local anti-money laundering laws, orders and regulations, including the USA Patriot Act of 2001, the Bank Secrecy Act, OFAC regulations and applicable Executive Orders.
“Available Warehouse Facilities”: As the context requires, (i) the aggregate amount at any time of used and unused available warehouse lines of credit, purchase facilities, repurchase facilities, early purchase program facilities and off-balance sheet funding facilities (whether committed or uncommitted) to finance residential mortgage loans available to Seller at such time or (ii) such warehouse lines of credit, purchase facilities, repurchase facilities, early purchase program facilities and off-balance sheet funding facilities themselves.
“Basic Collateral”: Shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 7(c) of this Agreement.
“Blanket Bond Required Endorsement”: Endorsement of Seller’s mortgage banker’s blanket bond insurance policy to (i) provide that for any loss affecting Purchaser’s interest, Purchaser will be named on the loss payable draft as its interest may appear and (ii) provide Purchaser access to coverage under the theft of secondary market institution’s money or collateral clause of policy.
“Breach”: Shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 9(c) of this Agreement.
“Business Day”: A day (other than a Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which the jurisdiction in which the Custodian’s custodial offices are located are authorized or obligated by law to be closed) when (i) banks in Houston, Texas, Orange County, California and New York, New York are generally open for commercial banking business and (ii) federal funds wire transfers can be made.
“Code”: The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
“Collateral”: Shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 7(d) hereof.
“Custodial Account”: An account established pursuant to Section 5(c) hereof.
“Custodial Agreement”: The Amended and Restated Custodial Agreement, dated as of November 10, 2022, among Seller, Purchaser and the Custodian, in form and substance acceptable to the parties.
“Custodian”: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company and its successors shall be the Custodian under the Custodial Agreement.
“Cut-off Date”: The first calendar day of the month in which the Settlement Date is to occur.
“Cut-off Date Principal Balance”: The Outstanding Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans (that are subject to Transactions hereunder) on the Cut-off Date after giving effect to payments of principal and interest due on or prior to the Cut-off Date whether or not such payments are received.
“Deficient Mortgage Loans”: Shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 9(c) of this Agreement.
“Designated Servicer”: Shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 5(f) of this Agreement.
“Discount Rate”: With respect to each Transaction, the percentage set forth in the Pricing Side Letter and on the applicable funding report delivered on the related Purchase Date.
“Electronic Tracking Agreement”: The Amended and Restated Electronic Tracking Agreement, dated as of November 10, 2022, among Seller, Purchaser, MERS and MERSCORP Holdings, Inc., in form and substance acceptable to the parties.
“ERISA”: With respect to any Person, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.
“Escrow Agreement”: That certain Fourth Amended and Restated Escrow Agreement, dated as of August 16, 2016, by and among Purchaser, Seller, Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as escrow agent, and other parties thereto from time to time, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, from time to time.
“Escrow Payments”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the amounts constituting ground rents, taxes, assessments, water rents, sewer rents, municipal charges, mortgage insurance premiums, fire and hazard insurance premiums, condominium charges, and any other payments required to be escrowed by the related mortgagor with the mortgagee pursuant to the Mortgage or any other related document.
“Event of Insolvency”: With respect to any Person (a) the commencement by that Person as debtor of any case or proceeding under any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, liquidation, dissolution or similar law, or a request by that Person for the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian or similar official for that Person or any substantial part of its property; (b) the commencement of any such case or proceeding against that Person, or another’s seeking such appointment, or the filing against that Person of an application for a protective decree that (i) is consented to or not timely contested by that Person, (ii) results in the entry of an order for relief, such an appointment, the issuance of such a protective decree or the entry of an order having similar effect, or (iii) is not dismissed within sixty (60) days; (c) the making by that Person of a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; (d) the admission in writing by that Person
that it is unable to pay its debts as they become due, or the nonpayment of its debts generally as they become due; or (e) the board of directors, managers, members or partners, as the case may be, of that Person taking any action in furtherance of any of the foregoing.
“Exchange Act”: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Expenses”: All present and future reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by or on behalf of the Purchaser in connection with this Agreement or any of the other Program Documents and any amendment, supplement or other modification or waiver related hereto or thereto, whether incurred heretofore or hereafter, including without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees.
“Fannie Mae Securities”: Shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the definition of “Agency Security” herein.
“FDIC”: The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or its permitted successors or assigns.
“FHA”: The Federal Housing Administration.
“FHA Approved Mortgagee”: An institution that is approved by the FHA to act as a mortgagee and servicer of record, pursuant to FHA Regulations.
“FHA Insurance Contract”: The contractual obligation of FHA respecting the insurance of an FHA Loan pursuant to the National Housing Act, as amended.
“FHA Loan”: A Mortgage Loan that is the subject of an FHA Insurance Contract as evidenced by a Mortgage Insurance Certificate.
“FHA Regulations”: The regulations promulgated by HUD under the National Housing Act, codified in 24 Code of Federal Regulations, and other HUD issuances relating to FHA Loans, including the related handbooks, circulars, notices and mortgagee letters, and all amendments and additions thereto.
“Freddie Mac Securities”: Shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the definition of “Agency Security” herein.
“GAAP”: Generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or in statements and pronouncements of such other entity as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession.
“GLB Act”: The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999 (Public Law 106-102, 113 Stat 1338), as it may be amended from time to time.
“GNMA Securities”: Shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the definition of “Agency Security” herein.
“Good Delivery”: Shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the SIFMA Guide in connection with the standard requirements for the delivery and settlement of an Agency Security.
“Governmental Authority”: The government of the United States of America, any other nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government, any governmental or quasi-governmental department, commission, board, bureau or instrumentality, and any court, tribunal or arbitration panel, and, with respect to any Person, any private body having regulatory jurisdiction over any Person or its business or assets.
“HUD”: The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development or any successor thereto.
“Individual Takeout Amount”: The principal amount of an Agency Security covered by a particular Takeout Commitment plus accrued interest on such amount, determined in accordance with Good Delivery requirements.
“Initial Balance”: The aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans evidenced by a Participation Certificate as of the related Purchase Date.
“Initial Remittance Date”: Shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 4(c) of this Agreement.
“Interim Servicing Period”: Shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2(b)(iv) of this Agreement.
“Intercreditor Agreement”: That certain Fourth Amended and Restated Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of August 16, 2016, by and among Purchaser, Seller, and other parties thereto from time to time, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, from time to time.
“Joint Securities Account Control Agreement”: That certain Fourth Amended and Restated Joint Securities Account Control Agreement, dated as of August 16, 2016, by and among Purchaser, Seller, Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as paying agent, and other parties thereto from time to time, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, from time to time.
“LD Holdings”: LD Holdings Group LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
“Lien”: Any security interest, mortgage, deed of trust, charge, pledge, hypothecation, assignment as security for an obligation, deposit arrangement as security for an obligation, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), preference, priority or other security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever, including any conditional sale or other title retention arrangement, any financing lease arrangement having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing and the security interest evidenced or given notice of by the filing of any financing statement under the UCC (other than any such financing statement filed for informational purposes only) or comparable law of any jurisdiction.
“Losses”: Shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 5(a) of this Agreement.
“Master Repurchase Agreement”: That certain First Amended and Restated Master Repurchase Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2022, by and between Seller, as seller, and Purchaser, as buyer, as the same may be amended, restated, modified or otherwise supplemented, from time to time.
“Material Adverse Effect”: Any (i) material adverse effect upon the validity, performance or enforceability of any Program Document, (ii) material adverse effect on the properties, business or condition, financial or otherwise, of Seller and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, (iii) material adverse effect upon the ability of Seller to fulfill its obligations under this Agreement, or (iv) material adverse effect on the value or salability of the Mortgage Loans that are subject to Transactions hereunder, the Participation Certificates or the Agency Securities subject to this Agreement, taken as a whole, as determined in each case by Purchaser in Purchaser’s sole good faith discretion.
“MERS”: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, or any successor thereto.
“MERS System”: The system of recording transfers of mortgages electronically maintained by MERS.
“Mortgage”: A first lien mortgage or deed of trust securing a Mortgage Note.
“Mortgage File”: The items pertaining to each Mortgage Loan (other than the Mortgage Loan Documents required to be delivered to the Custodian pursuant to the Custodial Agreement) and Agency Program as described in the relevant Agency Guide.
“Mortgage Insurance Certificate”: An original HUD Form 59100 signed by HUD which identifies the Mortgage Loan it accompanies.
“Mortgage Interest Rate”: The annual rate of interest borne by the Mortgage Note.
“Mortgage Loan”: Each mortgage loan included in a Mortgage Pool, in each case secured by a Mortgage on a one- to four-family residence and (if so required by the relevant Agency Program) eligible to be either guaranteed by VA and/or insured by FHA, or insured by a private mortgage insurer, as applicable.
“Mortgage Loan Documents”: The originals of the Mortgage Notes and other documents and instruments required to be delivered to the Custodian in connection with each Transaction, all pursuant to the Custodial Agreement.
“Mortgage Loan Remittance Report”: Shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 5(a) of this Agreement.
“Mortgage Loan Schedule”: Shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Custodial Agreement.
“Mortgage Note”: A promissory note or other evidence of indebtedness of the obligor thereunder, representing a Mortgage Loan, and secured by the related Mortgage.
“Mortgage Pool”: Shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the introductory recitals to this Agreement.
“Mortgage Pool Ownership Interest”: Shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2(b)(i) of this Agreement.
“Mortgaged Property”: The real property securing repayment of the debt evidenced by a Mortgage Note.
“Mortgagor”: The obligor or obligors on a Mortgage Note, including any person who has assumed or guaranteed the obligations of the obligor thereunder
“Net Mortgage Interest Rate”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage Interest Rate applicable to such Mortgage Loan less the Servicing Fee.
“Obligations”: All of the obligations of the Seller to the Purchaser under the Program Documents.
“OFAC”: The Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
“Outstanding Principal Balance”: At any time, the then unpaid outstanding principal balance of a residential mortgage loan.
“Outstanding Transaction”: Shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 11 of this Agreement.
“Participation Certificate”: A certificate issued in the name of Purchaser and delivered to Custodian by Seller in connection with each Transaction, substantially in the form attached as an exhibit to the Custodial Agreement, such certificate to evidence the entire (100%) beneficial ownership interest in the related Mortgage Pool.
“Participation Certificate Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to each Participation Certificate, the per annum rate at which interest is passed through to Purchaser which initially shall be the rate of interest specified on such Participation Certificate as the Pass-Through Rate, subject to adjustment as contemplated hereby. The Participation Certificate Pass-Through Rate is based upon the weighted average of the Net Mortgage Interest Rates on the Mortgage Loans.
“Permitted Tax Distributions”: Any distributions by the Seller for the purpose of enabling LD Holdings to make Tax Distributions, as defined and set forth in the limited liability company agreement of LD Holdings.
“Person”: Any individual, corporation, company, voluntary association, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, trust, unincorporated association or government (or any agency, instrumentality or political subdivision thereof).
“Plan”: Shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 9(a)(xxiii) of this Agreement.
“Pooling Documents”: Each of the original schedules, forms and other documents (other than the Mortgage Loan Documents) required to be delivered by or on behalf of Seller to the relevant Agency and/or the Purchaser and/or the Custodian, as further described in the Custodial Agreement.
“Potential Servicing Termination Event”: A Servicing Termination Event or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a Servicing Termination Event.
“Present Value Adjustment”: The product of (a) the Discount Rate, (b) the Initial Balance, (c) the Takeout Price and (d) a fraction, the numerator of which is the actual number of days elapsed from (and including) the Purchase Date to (but excluding) the Cut-off Date and the denominator of which is 360.
“Pricing Side Letter”: That certain amended and restated pricing side letter and fee letter between Purchaser and Seller, dated as of November 10, 2022, as amended from time to time.
“Privacy Requirements”: (a) Title V of the GLB Act, (b) any applicable federal regulations implementing such act codified at 12 CFR Parts 40, 216, 332 and 573, (c) any of the Interagency Guidelines Establishing Standards For Safeguarding Customer Information codified at 12 CFR Parts 30, 168, 170, 208, 211, 225, 263, 308 and 364 that are applicable and (d) any other applicable federal, state and local laws, rules, regulations and orders relating to the privacy and security of Seller’s Customer Information, as such statutes and such regulations, guidelines, laws, rules and orders (the “Safeguards Rules”) may be amended from time to time.
“Program Documents”: This Agreement, the Pricing Side Letter, the Custodial Agreement, the Electronic Tracking Agreement, each Participation Certificate, each Takeout Commitment, the Intercreditor Agreement, the Escrow Agreement, the Joint Securities Account Control Agreement and all other documents related thereto.
“Property”: Any right or interest in or to property of any kind whatsoever, whether real, personal or mixed and whether tangible or intangible.
“Purchase Date”: As to a given Transaction, the date of Seller’s sale and Purchaser’s purchase of the designated Mortgage Pool, as evidenced by Purchaser’s payment to Seller of the Purchase Price.
“Purchase Price”: With respect to any Participation Certificate, an amount equal to the sum of:
(A)the product of the Initial Balance and the Takeout Price;
(B)the product of (i) the product of (1) the Participation Certificate Pass-Through Rate and (2) the Initial Balance; and (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is the actual number of days elapsed from (and including) the Cut-off Date to (but excluding) the Settlement Date and the denominator of which is 360; and
(C)minus the Present Value Adjustment.
“Qualified Depository”: A depository institution, the accounts of which are insured by the FDIC, which meets the applicable requirements of the relevant Agency for maintaining custodial collection accounts and escrow accounts in connection with servicing residential mortgage loans underlying an Agency Security.
“REO Property”: Real property acquired by Seller through foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure.
“Repurchase Price”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a price equal to (i) the product of the Initial Balance and the Takeout Price (expressed as a percentage) plus (ii) interest on such Initial Balance at the Mortgage Interest Rate from the date on which interest has been paid and distributed to the Purchaser to the date of repurchase, less amounts received, if any, plus amounts advanced, if any, by the Seller as servicer, in respect of such Mortgage Loan.
“Remittance Date”: The twenty fifth (25th) day of each month (or if such day is not a Business Day, the Business Day immediately following such twenty fifth (25th) day).
“Requirement of Law”: Any law, treaty, ordinance, decree, requirement, order, judgment, rule, regulation or licensing requirement (or interpretation of any of the foregoing) of any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over Purchaser, Seller or any Takeout Buyer, any of their respective Subsidiaries or their respective properties or any agreement by which any of them is bound, as the same may be supplemented, amended, recodified or replaced from time to time, including:
• Equal Credit Opportunity Act and Regulation B promulgated thereunder;
• Fair Housing Act;
• Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act and Regulation P promulgated thereunder;
• Fair Credit Reporting Act and Regulation V promulgated thereunder;
• Home Mortgage Disclosure Act and Regulation C promulgated thereunder;
• Federal Unfair, Deceptive, or Abusive Acts or Practices laws (including Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act (the “FTC Act”));
• Truth In Lending Act and Regulation Z promulgated thereunder;
• Qualified Mortgage/Ability to Repay Rule;
• Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act and Regulation X promulgated thereunder;
• Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act and applicable portions of Regulation Z promulgated thereunder;
• Electronic Fund Transfer Act and Regulation E promulgated thereunder;
• National Flood Insurance Act, Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994, Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Act of 2012, Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act (the “Flood Laws”);
• Servicemembers Civil Relief Act;
• rules, regulations and guidelines promulgated under any of such statutes; and
• any applicable state or local equivalent or similar laws and regulations.
“Responsible Officer”: As to any Person, the chief executive officer or, with respect to financial matters, the chief financial officer, chief accounting officer or controller of such Person; provided that in the event any such officer is unavailable at any time he or she is required to take any action hereunder, “Responsible Officer” means any officer authorized to act on such officer’s behalf as demonstrated by a certificate of corporate resolution or similar document and an incumbency certificate.
“Sanctioned Country”: At any time, a country, region or territory that is then the subject or target of any Sanctions (at the time of this Agreement, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, the Crimea region of Ukraine and the so-called Peoples’ Republics of Donetsk and Luhansk in the territory of Ukraine).
“Sanctioned Person”: At any time, (a) any Person listed on the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List or any other Sanctions-related list of designated Persons maintained by OFAC or the U.S. Department of State, (b) any Person operating, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country or (c) another Person owned 50% or more, directly or indirectly, in the aggregate or controlled by one or more such Persons.
“Sanctions”: Economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by the U.S. government, including those administered by OFAC or the U.S. Department of State.
“SEC”: The Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Scheduled Delivery Date”: The date of delivery of any Agency Security to be delivered by an Agency to Purchaser in connection with a Transaction.
“Seller’s Customer”: Any natural person who has applied to Seller for a financial product or service, has obtained any financial product or service from Seller or has a residential mortgage loan that is serviced or subserviced by Seller.
“Seller’s Customer Information”: Any information or records in any form (written, electronic or otherwise) containing a Seller’s Customer’s personal information or identity, including such Seller’s Customer’s name, address, telephone number, loan number, loan payment history, delinquency status, insurance carrier or payment information, tax amount or payment information and the fact that such Seller’s Customer has a relationship with Seller.
“Serviced Loans”: All residential mortgage loans serviced or required to be serviced by the Seller under any Servicing Agreement, irrespective of whether the actual servicing is done by another Person (a subservicer) retained by the Seller for that purpose.
“Servicing Agreement”: With respect to any Person, the arrangement (whether or not in writing) pursuant to which that Person acts as servicer of residential mortgage loans, whether owned by that Person or by others.
“Servicing Fee”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan and any month, the monthly fee payable to the Seller for the servicing of such Mortgage Loan, such fee being calculated on a Mortgage Loan-by-Mortgage Loan basis and equal to the Outstanding Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan on which interest accrued in the related month multiplied by a percentage which is set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule plus the Agency Guaranty Fee which is also set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.
“Servicing File”: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the file to be held by or for Seller in trust for the benefit of Purchaser, solely in a custodial capacity. Such file includes, but is not limited to, originals or copies of all documents in the Mortgage File, computer files, data disks, books, records, payment histories, data tapes, notes and all additional documents generated as a result of or utilized in originating and servicing each Mortgage Loan.
“Servicing Portfolio”: The Seller’s entire portfolio of Serviced Loans.
“Servicing Rights”: All rights and interests of Seller or any other Person, whether contractual, possessory or otherwise, to service, administer and collect income with respect to residential mortgage loans, and all rights incidental thereto.
“Servicing Termination Events”: Shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 5(e) of this Agreement.
“Servicing Transfer Date”: Shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 6 of this Agreement.
“Settlement Date”: With respect to each Transaction, that date specified as the contractual delivery and settlement date in the related Takeout Commitment(s) pursuant to which Purchaser has the right to deliver Agency Securities to the Takeout Buyer(s).
“SIFMA Guide”: The uniform practices for the clearance and settlement of mortgage backed securities and other related securities, published (and periodically updated as supplemented) by The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (“SIFMA”).
“Standard Agency Mortgage Loan Representations”: Shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 9(b)(iii) of this Agreement.
“Subservicer”: Any entity which is subservicing the Mortgage Loans pursuant to a subservicing agreement with Seller. Each Subservicer and the related subservicing agreement shall be approved in advance by Purchaser.
“Subsidiary”: With respect to any Person, any corporation, association or other business entity in which more than fifty percent (50%) of the total voting power or shares of stock (or equivalent equity interest) entitled to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of such Person or a combination thereof.
“Takeout Amount”: The aggregate of the Individual Takeout Amounts respecting the Agency Security to be issued in connection with a given Transaction, which Takeout Amount shall be required to equal the unpaid principal balance of the Agency Security plus accrued interest.
“Takeout Buyer”: (i) Any member of the MBS Securities Clearing Corporation or any Person who clears through a MBS Securities Clearing Corporation member with a comparison and netting agent agreement in place with such MBS Securities Clearing Corporation member, which has been previously approved, and not subsequently disapproved, by Purchaser, or (ii) any Agency.
“Takeout Commitment”: A trade confirmation from the Takeout Buyer to Seller in electronic format confirming the details of a forward trade between the Takeout Buyer (as buyer) and Seller (as seller) constituting a valid, binding and enforceable mandatory delivery commitment by a Takeout Buyer to purchase on the Settlement Date and at a given Takeout Price the principal amount of the Agency Security described therein.
“Takeout Commitment Assignment”: An assignment executed by Seller, whereby Seller irrevocably assigns its rights but not its obligations under the Takeout Commitment, and which assignment shall be substantially in the form and content of Exhibit A hereto.
“Takeout Price”: As to each Takeout Commitment the purchase price (expressed as a percentage of par) set forth therein.
“Transaction”: (i) Each agreement by Purchaser to purchase, and by Seller to sell, a Mortgage Pool as evidenced by a Participation Certificate under the terms and conditions of this Agreement; (ii) Seller’s performance of its obligations both hereunder respecting such Mortgage Pool and under the Custodial Agreement; (iii) the issuance and delivery of the related Agency Security together with Seller’s undertakings respecting the facilitation of such Agency Security issuance; (iv) the delivery of the related Agency Security to the Takeout Buyer under each Takeout Commitment; (v) Purchaser’s exercise of its rights and remedies hereunder and in the Custodial Agreement in the event of an Agency Security Issuance Failure or Servicing Termination Event; and (vi) as appropriate, Seller’s interim servicing of such Mortgage Pool as described herein.
“Transfer”: Shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 10(a)(xviii) of this Agreement.
“VA”: The Department of Veterans Affairs.
“VA Approved Lender”: Those lenders that are approved by the VA to act as a lender in connection with the origination of any VA Loan subject to a VA Loan Guaranty Agreement.
“VA Loan”: A Mortgage Loan that is or will be the subject of a VA Loan Guaranty Agreement.
“VA Loan Guaranty Agreement”: The obligation of the United States to pay a specific percentage of a Mortgage Loan (subject to a maximum amount) pursuant to the Serviceman’s Readjustment Act, as amended.
“Wire Instructions”: The wiring instructions as provided by the Seller to the Purchaser and attached hereto as Exhibit C.
Section 2.Purchases of Participation Certificates.
(a)Purchaser may in its sole discretion from time to time, purchase one or more Participation Certificates on a servicing released basis from Seller at the Purchase Price. Prior to Purchaser’s purchase of any Participation Certificate, the Conditions Precedent set forth in Section 8 shall be satisfied or waived.
(b)Simultaneously with the payment by Purchaser of the Purchase Price, in accordance with the warehouse lender’s wire instructions or Seller’s Wire Instructions, as applicable, with respect to a Participation Certificate, Seller hereby agrees to:
(i)irrevocably and absolutely sell, transfer, assign, set over and convey to Purchaser, without recourse but subject to the terms of this Agreement, all right, title and interest of Seller in and to (A) the Participation Certificate and a 100% undivided beneficial ownership interest in the Mortgage Loans subject to such Participation Certificate, (B) all Servicing Rights related to the Mortgage Loans that are subject to such Participation Certificate, (C) any payments or proceeds under any related primary insurance, hazard insurance and FHA insurance policies and VA guarantees (if any) or otherwise and (D) the Mortgage Loan Documents, Mortgage Files and Servicing Files related to the Mortgage Loans that are subject to such Participation Certificate (collectively, the “Mortgage Pool Ownership Interest”);
(ii)irrevocably and absolutely assign and set over to Purchaser all of Seller’s rights (but not its obligations) in and to each Takeout Commitment related to the Mortgage Loans that are subject to such Participation Certificate and does hereby deliver to Purchaser the related Takeout Commitment Assignment duly executed by Seller;
(iii)sell, transfer, set over and convey to Purchaser all of Seller’s right, title and interest in and to the Agency Security scheduled to be issued by the applicable Agency with respect to the Mortgage Loans that are subject to such Participation Certificate; and
(iv)accept its appointment and discharge its performance obligations as servicer of all of the Mortgage Loans subject to the applicable Participation Certificate for the benefit of Purchaser (and any other registered holder of the Participation Certificate) for the period (the “Interim Servicing Period”) from and after the Purchase Date through the earliest to occur of (A) the date of actual issuance, delivery and settlement of the Agency Security to Purchaser, provided such issuance and delivery occurs on or before the Agency Security Issuance Deadline, unless otherwise mutually agreed to by the parties and (B) in the case of an Agency Security Issuance Failure, either (x) any date so designated by Purchaser, but in all events a date occurring no later than the last calendar day of the second month following the
month in which the Settlement Date for the related Agency Security was originally scheduled to occur; or (y) the date of Seller’s purchase of the entire Mortgage Pool related to such Participation Certificate based on, and as a result of, Seller’s breach of any of its representations and warranties hereunder including without limitation any of the mortgage loan representations herein.
(c)From time to time Seller may make a request of Purchaser by telephone, electronically or otherwise to enter into a Transaction. Purchaser shall be under no obligation to enter into the Transaction unless and until (i) it elects to do so, which election shall be evidenced solely by its transfer of appropriate funds to Seller and (ii) the conditions specified herein have been satisfied.
(d)If Purchaser elects to purchase any Participation Certificate, Purchaser shall pay an amount equal to the Purchase Price for such Participation Certificate by wire transfer of immediately available funds in accordance with the warehouse lender’s wire instructions or if there is no warehouse lender, Seller’s Wire Instructions. In the event that Purchaser rejects a Participation Certificate for purchase for any reason and/or does not transmit the Purchase Price, (i) any Participation Certificate delivered to Custodian in anticipation of such purchase shall automatically be null and void and shall be returned by Custodian to Seller and (ii) if Purchaser shall nevertheless receive any portion of the related Takeout Price, Purchaser shall pay such Takeout Price to Seller in accordance with Seller’s Wire Instructions on the date of receipt thereof by Purchaser if Purchaser receives such portion of the Takeout Price prior to 1:00 p.m., New York City time and otherwise, on the next Business Day.
(e)In the event that the Agency Security in connection with a Transaction is not issued on or before the Agency Security Issuance Deadline for such Transaction, Purchaser and Seller may, in the sole discretion of each such party, agree to extend the original Agency Security Issuance Deadline for such Transaction, which agreement shall be evidenced in writing.
(f)To the extent, but only to the extent, the Agency Security for a Transaction is not issued on or before the Agency Security Issuance Deadline for such Transaction or an Agency Security Issuance Failure is otherwise determined to have occurred with respect to such Transaction, then all payments and recoveries of principal and interest respecting any Mortgage Loan that are subject to such
Transaction due on or after the Cut-off Date shall belong to Purchaser.
(g)The terms and conditions of the purchase of each Participation Certificate shall be as set forth in this Agreement and in each Participation Certificate. Each Participation Certificate shall be deemed to incorporate, and Seller shall be deemed to make as of the applicable dates specified herein, for the benefit of Purchaser, the representations and warranties set forth herein in respect of such Participation Certificate and the Mortgage Loans evidenced by such Participation Certificate.
Section 3.Takeout Commitments.
(a)Seller, coincident with the commencement of each Transaction, hereby and thereby assigns and sets over to Purchaser, without recourse, free and clear of any lien, claim, participation or encumbrance of any kind, all of Seller’s rights (but not its obligations) under each Takeout Commitment related to such Transaction, including without limitation its right and entitlement to receive the entire Takeout Price specified in each Takeout Commitment related to such Transaction from a Takeout Buyer. Purchaser agrees that it will deliver to each Takeout Buyer such Agency Security that is sufficient to satisfy all Takeout Commitments related to such Transaction, provided that (i) the Agency Security shall have been issued and delivered to Purchaser in the Agency Security Face Amount, and at least equal to the Cut-off Date Principal Balance for such Transaction, on or before the Settlement Date for such Transaction so as to allow Purchaser to effect Good Delivery of the Agency Security to the Takeout Buyer; and (ii) such Takeout Buyer executes the Takeout Commitment Assignment to Purchaser.
(b)In the event the Takeout Buyer, in connection with any Transaction, fails to perform its obligations under the related Takeout Commitment as determined under the express terms set forth in such Takeout Commitment, Purchaser and Seller may, but neither is required to, renegotiate the terms of the Takeout Commitment Assignment.
Section 4.Issuance and Delivery of Participation Certificate.
(a)In connection with each Transaction, Seller shall cause a fully executed and completed Participation Certificate to be issued and delivered to the Custodian for authentication and delivery of a
copy thereof to Purchaser on or before the Purchase Date. Pursuant to the Custodial Agreement, Custodian shall hold the Participation Certificate for the exclusive use and benefit of Purchaser, as Purchaser’s bailee, and shall deliver a facsimile copy of the Participation Certificate to Purchaser upon authentication. The Participation Certificate shall evidence the entire Mortgage Pool Ownership Interest in the Mortgage Pool. The Participation Certificate shall, by its terms, cease to evidence a Mortgage Pool Ownership Interest (i) (A) with respect to any Agency Security issued by GNMA, when Purchaser is registered as the registered owner of such Security on GNMA's central registry and (B) with respect to any Agency Security issued by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac, the later to occur of (x) the issuance of the related Agency Security and (y) the transfer of all of the right, title and ownership interest in that Agency Security to Purchaser or its designee; or (ii) in the event of an Agency Security Issuance Failure, a purchase of the entire Participation Certificate by Seller in an amount equal to the aggregate unpaid principal balance of the Mortgage Loans evidenced by such Participation Certificate plus accrued interest at the Participation Certificate Pass-Through Rate; provided, however, that in the event of an Agency Security Issuance Failure, Purchaser may at its option cause the Participation Certificate to be canceled in exchange for assignment and delivery to Purchaser by the Custodian of the entire Mortgage Pool Ownership Interest, and provided further, that the rights and remedies conferred under such Participation Certificate and this Agreement shall continue to be effective in determining the rights of Purchaser (or other holder of the Participation Certificate) to receive the benefit of any required payments derived from the Mortgage Pool.
(b)Purchaser and any transferee under the Participation Certificate shall be entitled during the term in which a Participation Certificate remains in force and effect to sell, transfer, assign, pledge, or otherwise dispose of such Participation Certificate in accordance with the terms of the Custodial Agreement, all without the consent of Seller; provided, however, that no such sale, transfer, assignment, pledge or disposition shall release Purchaser from any of its obligations under this Agreement or any other Program Document. Seller agrees to treat any registered holder of the Participation Certificate as the sole beneficial owner of the Mortgage Pool evidenced thereby, all as further provided in the Custodial Agreement;
provided, however, that no sale, transfer, assignment, pledge or disposition of such Participation Certificate shall release Purchaser from any of its obligations under this Agreement or any other Program Document.
(c)Each Participation Certificate shall provide for monthly remittance by Seller to the registered holder thereof of Mortgage Pool payments of principal (including principal prepayments) and interest. The first Remittance Date for Seller’s remittance of Mortgage Loan payments to the holder of a Participation Certificate (“Initial Remittance Date”) shall occur (if at all) on the twenty fifth (25th) day of the month following the month in which the Settlement Date is scheduled to occur. The remittance on the Initial Remittance Date, or on such earlier date if an Agency Security Issuance Failure has occurred, shall include all Mortgage Pool payments (with the interest component thereof adjusted to the Participation Certificate Pass-Through Rate) received by Seller (or Subservicer).
(d)Upon sale or other disposition by Purchaser as contemplated herein, Purchaser (or a subsequent registered holder of a Participation Certificate) shall surrender the Participation Certificate (to the extent in its possession) to Custodian upon the earliest to occur of (i) the sale or transfer of such Participation Certificate and (ii) the assignment and delivery to Purchaser of the entire Mortgage Pool Ownership Interest.
Section 5.Mortgage Pool Interim Servicing.
(a)General Interim Servicing Standards; Indemnification; Servicing Compensation. Seller and Purchaser each agrees and acknowledges that each Mortgage Pool shall be sold to Purchaser on a servicing released basis. Purchaser and Seller agree, however, that Purchaser is engaging, and Purchaser does hereby engage, Seller to provide interim servicing of each Mortgage Pool for the benefit of Purchaser (and any other registered holder of the Participation Certificate) from the Purchase Date for each Transaction until the expiration or earlier termination of the Interim Servicing Period. Seller shall have no further servicing obligations or duties to Purchaser under the terms of this Agreement with respect to the relevant Mortgage Pool upon the expiration of the applicable Interim Servicing Period.
Seller shall separately service and administer each Mortgage Pool that is subject to a Transaction hereunder in accordance with Accepted Servicing
Practices and Seller shall at all times comply with applicable law, FHA Regulations and VA regulations, as applicable, and any other applicable rules or regulations so that (among other things) FHA insurance, VA guarantee, or private mortgage insurance in respect of any Mortgage Loan in such Mortgage Pool remains in full force and effect and is not reduced. Seller shall at all times maintain accurate and complete records of its servicing of the Mortgage Loans that are subject to a Transaction, and Purchaser may, at any time during Seller’s normal business hours, on reasonable prior written notice, examine such records. In addition, Seller shall deliver to Purchaser on each Remittance Date (or other date of required remittance of Mortgage Loan payments) occurring during the Interim Servicing Period a written report regarding the status of those Mortgage Loans that are subject to a Transaction, in the form, and having the content, of the remittance report required under the relevant Agency Guide and Agency Program respecting the Agency Security originally intended to be issued pursuant to the Transaction (each, a “Mortgage Loan Remittance Report”). Seller shall not consent to a modification of the interest rate of a Mortgage Note that is subject to a Transaction, defer or forgive the payment thereof or of any principal, reduce the Outstanding Principal Balance (except for actual payments of principal) or extend the final maturity date of a Mortgage Loan that is subject to a Transaction during the Interim Servicing Period or at any other time that it is servicing such Mortgage Loan hereunder for the benefit of Purchaser or its permitted assigns. In addition, the Seller will not make material changes to the servicing of the Mortgage Loans that are subject to Transactions without the consent of the Purchaser.
Seller shall indemnify and hold Purchaser harmless against any and all actions, claims, liabilities or other losses (“Losses”) resulting from or otherwise arising in connection with the failure of Seller to perform its Obligations in strict compliance with the terms of this Agreement (which indemnification shall not include consequential damages but shall include, without limitation, any failure to perform interim servicing obligations, any failure of a Takeout Buyer to perform in a timely manner under its forward purchase commitment if such failure was caused by Seller’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement or Seller’s failure to take action under the terms of this Agreement, any Losses attributable to an Agency Security Issuance Failure if such failure was caused by Seller’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement or Seller’s failure to take action under the terms of this Agreement, any Losses attributable to the improper servicing of the Mortgage Loans that are subject to a Transaction and any Losses attributable to the failure of an Agency to deliver an Agency Security on the Scheduled Delivery Date if such failure was caused by Seller’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement or Seller’s failure to take action under the terms of this Agreement).
With respect to any Mortgage Loan that is subject to a Transaction, if such Mortgage Loan is delinquent with respect to either the Mortgage Loan’s first or second scheduled monthly payment subsequent to origination of such Mortgage Loan, Seller shall, upon receipt of notice from Purchaser, promptly indemnify and hold Purchaser harmless against any Losses resulting from or otherwise arising in connection with such delinquent Mortgage Loan.
As compensation for Seller undertaking interim servicing duties, Seller shall be entitled to receive the Servicing Fee and such other compensation (e.g., late fees and assumption fees) as and in such manner provided for under the applicable provisions of the relevant Agency Guide and Agency Program.
(b)Seller’s Retention of Mortgage Files and Servicing Files. Each Servicing File and Mortgage File related to Mortgage Loans that are subject to a Participation Certificate shall be held by Seller in order to service such Mortgage Loans pursuant to this Agreement and are and shall be held in trust by Seller for the benefit of Purchaser as the owner thereof during the Interim Servicing Period or at any other time that it is servicing such Mortgage Loan hereunder for the benefit of Purchaser or its permitted assigns. Seller’s possession of each Servicing File and Mortgage File related to the Mortgage Loans that are subject to a Participation Certificate is at the will of Purchaser for the sole purpose of facilitating servicing of the related Mortgage Loan during the Interim Servicing Period pursuant to this Agreement, and such retention and possession by Seller shall be in a custodial capacity only. The ownership of each Mortgage Note, Mortgage and related Mortgage Loan Documents related to the Mortgage Loans that are subject to a Participation Certificate, and the contents of each Servicing File and Mortgage File related thereto is vested in Purchaser and the ownership of all records and documents with respect to the related Mortgage Loan prepared by or which come into the possession of Seller shall immediately vest in Purchaser and shall be retained and maintained, in trust, by Seller at the will of Purchaser in such custodial capacity only. The books and records of Seller shall be appropriately marked to clearly reflect the ownership of the Mortgage Loans that are subject to a Participation Certificate by Purchaser (subject to the rights of the relevant Agency upon issuance of the Agency Security). Seller shall release from its custody the contents of any Mortgage File or Servicing File related to Mortgage Loans that are subject to a Participation Certificate retained by it only in accordance with this Agreement and/or any applicable Agency Guide, unless such release is required as incidental to the servicing of a Mortgage Loan.
(c)Custodial Collection Account and Escrow Account; Mortgage Loan Payments. Seller shall establish one or more custodial collection accounts and escrow accounts, each in the form of time deposit or demand accounts, and each titled, “loanDepot.com, LLC, in trust for JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association Residential Rate Mortgage Loans and various Mortgagors” (each such account, a “Custodial Account”). Such accounts shall be established with a Qualified Depository acceptable to Purchaser and Seller shall promptly
deliver to Purchaser evidence of the establishment of such accounts by delivery to Purchaser of certifications substantially in the form of the above-referenced account certifications.
Any funds deposited in any of the foregoing accounts shall at all times be fully insured by the FDIC to the full extent permitted under applicable law. Funds shall be deposited in such accounts, and may be drawn on and invested and reinvested, by Seller solely in a manner consistent with the applicable servicing provisions of the Agency Guide and Agency Program relating to the Agency Security originally intended to be issued in connection with the relevant Transaction.
(d)Subservicers. The Mortgage Loans may be subserviced by a Subservicer on behalf of Seller provided that the Subservicer is a GNMA-approved issuer, Fannie Mae-approved lender, Freddie Mac seller/servicer, FHA Approved Mortgagee, and VA Approved Lender, in each case in good standing, and no event has occurred, including but not limited to a change in insurance coverage, that would make it unable to comply with the eligibility requirements for lenders/servicers imposed by the relevant Agency Guide. Seller shall notify all relevant Subservicers, at the commencement of each Transaction, of Purchaser’s interest under this Agreement. Seller shall pay all fees and expenses of a Subservicer from its own funds, and a Subservicer’s fee shall not exceed the Servicing Fee respecting a particular Mortgage Pool.
At the cost and expense of Seller, without any right of reimbursement from any custodial collection account, Seller shall be entitled to terminate the rights and responsibilities of a Subservicer and arrange for any servicing responsibilities to be performed by a successor Subservicer meeting the requirements in the preceding paragraph; provided, however, that nothing contained herein shall be deemed to prevent or prohibit Seller, at Seller’s option, from electing to service the related Mortgage Loans itself. In the event that Seller’s responsibilities and duties respecting a particular Mortgage Pool expire by reason of expiration or earlier termination of the Interim Servicing Period, if reasonably requested to do so by Purchaser, Seller shall, at its own cost and expense, terminate the rights and responsibilities of any Subservicers as soon as is reasonably possible.
Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this Agreement relating to agreements or arrangements between Seller and a Subservicer or any reference herein to actions taken through a Subservicer or otherwise, Seller shall not be relieved of its Obligations to Purchaser or other registered holder of the Participation Certificate and shall be obligated to the same extent and under the same terms and conditions as if it alone were servicing and administering the Mortgage Loans and Seller shall remain responsible hereunder for all acts and omissions of a Subservicer as fully as if such acts and omissions were those of Seller. Seller shall be entitled to enter into an agreement with a Subservicer for indemnification of Seller by the Subservicer and nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to limit or modify such indemnification.
Any subservicing agreement and any other transactions or services relating to the Mortgage Loans involving a Subservicer shall be deemed to be between the Subservicer and Seller alone, and Purchaser shall have no obligations, duties or liabilities with respect to the Subservicer including no obligation, duty or liability to pay the Subservicer’s fees and expenses.
(e)Early Servicing Termination. Without limiting Purchaser’s rights to terminate Seller as servicer as provided above, Purchaser (or any other registered holder of the related Participation Certificate) shall nonetheless be entitled (and in the case of clause (vi), such termination shall occur automatically), by written notice to Seller (and in the case of clause (vi) below immediately without notice), to effect termination of Seller’s interim Servicing Rights and obligations respecting the affected Mortgage Pool in the event any of the following circumstances or events (“Servicing Termination Events”) occur and are continuing:
(i)the Seller shall default in the payment of (i) any Losses pursuant to Section 5(a) of this Agreement, or (ii) any other Expenses, payments or obligations under the Program Documents, when the same shall become due and payable, whether at the due date thereof, or by acceleration or otherwise, and such failure to pay under this clause (ii) continues unremedied for a period of ***Business Days; or
(ii)Reserved; or
(iii)(A) any representation or warranty (other than the representations and warranties set forth in Section 10(b) unless (x) Seller shall have made any such representations and warranties with actual knowledge that they were materially false or misleading at the time made or (y) any such representations and warranties have been determined by Purchaser to be materially false or misleading on a regular basis) made by Seller in this Agreement or any other Program Document is untrue, inaccurate or incomplete in any material respect on or as of the date made; or
(B) any material information contained in any written statement, report, financial statement or certificate made or delivered by Seller (either before or after the date hereof) to Purchaser pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any other Program Document (other than as set forth in Section 10(b) unless (x) Seller shall have made any such representations and warranties with actual knowledge that they were materially false or misleading at the time made or (y) any such representations and warranties have been determined by Purchaser to be materially false or misleading on a regular basis) is untrue or incorrect in any material respect as of the date when made or deemed made; or
(iv)Seller shall fail to comply with any of the requirements set forth in Sections 10(a)(v) (Disposition; Liens), (a)(vii) (Inspection of Properties and Books), (a)(xii) (Financial Condition Covenants), (a)(xviii) (Limitation of Sale of Assets), or (a)(xxiii) (Agency Approvals; Servicing); or
(v)Seller shall fail to observe, keep or perform any material duty, responsibility or obligation imposed or required by this Agreement or any other Program
Document other than one of the Servicing Termination Events specified or described in another section of this Section 5(e), and such failure continues unremedied for a period of *** Business Days; or
(vi)an Event of Insolvency occurs with respect to Seller; or
(vii)one or more final judgments or decrees are entered against Seller, any of its Subsidiaries for the payment of money in excess of ***Dollars ($***) (net of the portion thereof, if any, covered by insurance and the same shall not be vacated, discharged (or provisions satisfactory to Purchaser shall not be made for such discharge), satisfied or stayed or bonded pending appeal, within *** days from the date of entry thereof, and Seller or such Subsidiary, as applicable, shall not within said period of *** days or such longer period during which execution of same shall have been stayed by court order or by written agreement with the judgment creditor, perfect appeal therefrom and cause execution thereof to be stayed during such appeal; or
(viii)any Agency, private investor or any other Person seizes or takes control of any material portion of the Servicing Portfolio of its residential mortgage loans being serviced by Seller or any of its Subsidiaries for breach of any servicing agreement applicable to such Servicing Portfolio or for any other reason whatsoever; or
(ix)any Agency or Governmental Authority revokes or materially restricts the authority of Seller to originate, purchase, sell or service residential mortgage loans, or Seller shall fail to meet all requisite servicer eligibility qualifications promulgated by any Agency; or
(x)there is a default that has continued beyond any grace or cure period under (A) the Master Repurchase Agreement or (B) any agreement other than a Program Document that Seller, or any of its Subsidiaries, has entered into with Purchaser or any of its Affiliates or Subsidiaries if the effect of such default is to cause, or to permit such counterparty (or a trustee on behalf of such counterparty) to cause, Indebtedness of Seller in excess of *** Dollars ($***) to become or be declared due before its stated maturity (upon the giving or receiving of notice, lapse of time or both, if applicable, or satisfaction of any other condition to acceleration, whether or not any such condition to acceleration has been satisfied); or
(xi)Seller fails to pay when due any repurchase price, margin amount, price differential, principal, interest or other amount due on any other Indebtedness (including, without limitation, under any credit or repurchase, early purchase or similar facilities for the financing of its Mortgage Loans, mortgage Servicing Rights or servicing advances) in excess of *** Dollars ($***), individually or in the aggregate, beyond any period of grace provided, or there occurs any breach or default (beyond any period of grace provided) with respect to any material term of any such Indebtedness in excess of *** Dollars ($***), individually or in the aggregate, if the effect of such failure, breach or default is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders thereof (or a trustee on behalf of such holder or holders) to cause, such Indebtedness of Seller to become or be declared due before its stated maturity (upon the giving or receiving of notice, lapse of time or both, if applicable, or satisfaction of any other condition to acceleration, whether or not any such condition to acceleration has been satisfied); provided that if such breach or default is waived in writing by the holder of such Indebtedness before Purchaser has exercised its right to terminate the interim Servicing Rights and Obligations of the Seller pursuant to Section 5(f) of this Agreement, no Servicing Termination Event shall be deemed to exist under this Agreement on account of such waived breach or default; or
(xii)there is a Material Adverse Effect; or
(xiii)(A) Seller shall assert that any Program Document is not in full force and effect or shall otherwise seek to terminate (other than a termination of this Agreement or any
Program Document that is expressly permitted by this Agreement), or disaffirm its obligations under, any such Program Document at any time following the execution thereof or (B) any Program Document ceases to be in full force and effect, or any of Seller’s material obligations under any Program Document shall cease to be in full force and effect (other than as a result of any termination of this Agreement or any Program Document that is expressly permitted by this Agreement), or the enforceability thereof shall be contested by Seller; or
(xiv)any Governmental Authority or any trustee, receiver or conservator acting or purporting to act under such Governmental Authority shall have taken any action to condemn, seize or appropriate, or to assume custody or control of, all or any substantial part of the assets of Seller or any Subsidiary of Seller, or shall have taken any action to displace the management of Seller or any Subsidiary of Seller or to curtail its authority in the conduct of the business of Seller or any Subsidiary of Seller, or to restrict the payment of dividends to Seller by any Subsidiary of Seller, and such action shall not have been discontinued or stayed within *** days; or
(xv)any Change in Control of Seller shall have occurred without Purchaser’s prior written consent; or
(xvi)reserved; or
(xvii)any failure by Seller to deliver assignments executed in blank to Purchaser or its designee for each Mortgage Loan that is the subject of a Transaction under this Agreement then held by Purchaser within *** Business Days following any termination of Seller’s MERS membership; or
(xviii)an Agency Security Issuance Failure that is caused by Seller’s failure to take action in accordance with this Agreement; or
(xix)a downgrade of any of Seller’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ servicer ratings below the ratings held by Seller or such Subsidiary as of the date of this Agreement or, for ratings initiated after the date of this Agreement, below such initial ratings; or
(xx)the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. shall file notice of a Lien pursuant to Section 4068 of ERISA with regard to any of the assets of Seller or any of its Subsidiaries; or
(xxi)Seller shall become subject to registration as an “investment company” as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; or
(xxii)(A) Seller shall grant, or suffer to exist, any Lien on any Participation Certificate or Mortgage Loan related thereto (except any Lien in favor of the Purchaser), or (B) the Liens contemplated hereby fail to be first priority perfected Liens on any portion of a Mortgage Pool subject to a Participation Certificate in favor of the Purchaser.
(f)Remedies. In the case of the events described in clause (e)(vi), immediately upon the occurrence of any such event, regardless of whether notice of such event shall have been given to or by Purchaser or Seller, and each and every other case, so long as the Servicing Termination Event shall not have been remedied (but only to the extent, and within the time period, of any remedy period provided above), in addition to whatever rights Purchaser may have at law or equity to damages,
including injunctive relief and specific performance, by notice in writing to Seller, Purchaser may terminate all the interim Servicing Rights and Obligations of Seller under this Agreement and all Outstanding Transactions.
Upon receipt by Seller of such written notice, all authority and power of Seller respecting its interim mortgage servicing duties under this Agreement and any affected Transactions, shall pass to and be vested in the successor servicer appointed by Purchaser (a “Designated Servicer”). Upon written request by Purchaser, Seller shall prepare, execute and deliver to the Designated Servicer any and all documents and other instruments, place in such successor’s possession all Mortgage Files and Servicing Files related to the Mortgage Loans that are subject to affected Transactions, and do or cause to be done all other acts or things necessary or appropriate to effect the purposes of such notice of termination, including, but not limited to, the transfer, endorsement and assignment of the Mortgage Loans and related documents related to affected Transactions, at Seller’s sole expense.
Section 6.Seller Covenants Regarding Transfer of Servicing.
In the event a Servicing Termination Event occurs as described in clause (e)(vi) of the definition of Servicing Termination Event or Purchaser gives notice to Seller of Purchaser’s intention to transfer servicing to the Designated Servicer upon the occurrence of any other Servicing Termination Event, expiration or earlier termination of the Interim Servicing Period (“Servicing Transfer Date”), then, in each such case Seller agrees at its sole expense to take all reasonable and customary actions, to assist Purchaser, Custodian and Designated Servicer in effectuating and evidencing transfer of servicing to the Designated Servicer in compliance with applicable law on or before the Servicing Transfer Date, including:
(a)Notice to Mortgagors. Seller shall mail to the mortgagor of each Mortgage Loan that is subject to an affected Transaction, by such date as may be required by law, a letter advising the mortgagor of the transfer of the servicing thereof to the Designated Servicer. Purchaser shall cause the Designated Servicer to mail a letter to each such mortgagor advising such mortgagor that the Designated Servicer is the new servicer of the related Mortgage Loan. Such letters shall be mailed by such date as may be required by applicable law.
(b)Notice to Insurance Companies and HUD (if applicable). Seller shall transmit or cause to transmit to the applicable insurance companies (including primary mortgage insurers, if applicable) and/or agents, not less than seven (7) days prior to the Servicing Transfer Date, notification of the transfer of the servicing to the Designated Servicer and instructions to deliver all notices, insurance statements, as the case may be, to the Designated Servicer from and after the Servicing Transfer Date. With respect to any FHA-insured/VA guaranteed Mortgage Loans in the Mortgage Pool that is subject
to an affected Transaction in addition to the requirements set forth above, Seller shall provide notice to HUD on such forms prescribed by HUD, or to the VA respecting the transfer of insurance credits, as the case may be. Seller shall continue to remit all mortgage insurance premiums with respect to FHA/VA Mortgage Loans until such notice is received by HUD and/or the VA.
(c)Assignment and Endorsements. At Purchaser’s (or Designated Servicer’s) direction and in Purchaser’s sole discretion, Seller shall, at its own cost and expense, prepare and/or complete endorsements to Mortgage Notes and assignments of Mortgages (including any interim endorsements or assignments), in each case to the extent subject to an affected Transaction, prior to the Servicing Transfer Date.
(d)Delivery of Servicing Records. Seller shall forward to the Designated Servicer, not more than thirty (30) days after the Servicing Transfer Date, all Servicing Files, Mortgage Files and any other Mortgage Loan Documents in Seller’s (or any Subservicer’s) possession relating to each Mortgage Loan that is subject to an affected Transaction.
(e)Escrow Payments. Seller shall provide the Designated Servicer on or within seventy-two (72) hours of the Servicing Transfer Date with immediately available funds by wire transfer in the amount of the net Escrow Payments and suspense balances and all loss draft balances associated with the Mortgage Loans in an affected Mortgage Pool. Seller shall provide the Designated Servicer on or before the Servicing Transfer Date with an accounting statement of Escrow Payments and suspense balances and loss draft balances sufficient to enable the Designated Servicer to reconcile the amount of such payment with the accounts of the Mortgage Loans in the affected Mortgage Pool. Additionally, Seller shall wire to the Designated Servicer on or before the Servicing Transfer Date the amount of any agency, trustee or prepaid Mortgage Loan payments and all other similar amounts held by Seller (or Subservicer), in each case with respect to Mortgage Loans that are subject to an affected Transaction.
(f)Payoffs and Assumptions. Seller shall provide to the Designated Servicer, on or before the Servicing Transfer Date, copies of all
assumption and payoff statements generated by Seller (or Subservicer), on the Mortgage Loans.
(g)Mortgage Payments Received Prior to Servicing Transfer Date. Seller shall forward by wire transfer, within seventy-two (72) hours of the Servicing Transfer Date, all payments received by Seller (or Subservicer) on each Mortgage Loan in the affected Mortgage Pools prior to the Servicing Transfer Date to Purchaser.
(h)Mortgage Payments Received After Servicing Transfer Date. For a period of sixty (60) days after the Servicing Transfer Date, Seller shall forward the amount of any monthly payments received by Seller (or Subservicer) after the Servicing Transfer Date) on account of each Mortgage Loan in the affected Mortgage Pools to the Designated Servicer by overnight mail on the date of receipt. Seller shall notify the Designated Servicer of the particulars of the payment, which notification requirement shall be satisfied (except with respect to Mortgage Loans then in foreclosure or bankruptcy) if Seller (or Subservicer) forwards with its payments sufficient information to the Designated Servicer. Seller shall assume full responsibility for the necessary and appropriate legal application of monthly Mortgage Pool payments received by Seller (or Subservicer) after the Servicing Transfer Date with respect to Mortgage Loans then in foreclosure or bankruptcy; provided, however, necessary and appropriate legal application of such monthly Mortgage Pool payments shall include, but not be limited to, endorsement of a Mortgage Loan monthly payment to the Designated Servicer with the particulars of the payment such as the account number, dollar amount, date received and any special mortgage application instructions.
(i)Reconciliation. Not less than five (5) days prior to the Servicing Transfer Date, Seller shall reconcile principal balances and make any monetary adjustments reasonably required by the Designated Servicer. Any such monetary adjustments will be transferred between Seller and the Designated Servicer, as appropriate.
(j)IRS Forms. Seller shall timely file all IRS forms which are required to be filed in relation to the servicing and ownership of the Mortgage Loans in the affected Mortgage Pools. Seller shall provide copies of such forms to the Designated Servicer upon request and shall reimburse the Designated Servicer for any costs or
penalties incurred by the Designated Servicer due to Seller’s failure to comply with this paragraph.
In the event Seller fails to perform any of its obligations described in paragraph (a) through (j) above within the time periods specified therein, Purchaser may take, or cause to be taken, at Seller’s expense, any of the actions described therein.
Section 7.Intent of Parties; Security Interest.
(a)From and after the issuance of the related Participation Certificate, the record title of Seller to each related Mortgage Loan is retained by Seller in trust, for the sole purpose of facilitating the interim servicing of such Mortgage Loan, and all funds received on or in connection with such Mortgage Loan shall be deposited in the Custodial Account and held by Seller in trust for the benefit of the registered holder of the related Participation Certificate and shall be disbursed only in accordance with this Agreement.
(b)It is the intent of the parties hereto that the sale of a participation in each Mortgage Loan shall be reflected on Seller’s balance sheet and other financial statements as a sale of assets by Seller. Seller shall be responsible for maintaining, and shall maintain, a complete set of books and records for each Mortgage Loan that is subject to a Transaction hereunder which shall be clearly marked to reflect that such Mortgage Loan is subject to a Transaction hereunder.
(c)Purchaser and Seller confirm that each of the Transactions contemplated herein are purchases and sales and are not loan transactions. If Seller is an insured depository institution, the parties understand and intend that this Agreement and each Transaction constitute “qualified financial contracts” as that term is used in the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, Section 1821 of Title 12 of the United States Code, as amended. If Seller is any other type of entity, the parties understand and intend that this Agreement and each Transaction constitute a “securities contract” as that term is defined in § 741(7) of the United States Bankruptcy Code. In addition to the foregoing, (x) Seller hereby pledges to Purchaser as security for the performance by Seller of its obligations under this Agreement and hereby grants, assigns and pledges to Purchaser a fully perfected first priority security interest in the Mortgage Loans that are the subject of a Participation Certificate, any Agency Security or right to receive such Agency Security when issued to the extent backed by any of such Mortgage Loans,
the custodial collection accounts and escrow accounts referred to in this Agreement or any other Program Document, the Takeout Commitments (and assignments thereof) with respect to any Agency Security to be issued in connection with a Transaction under this Agreement, together with all related Servicing Rights, the Servicing Files, Mortgage Files, Mortgage Loan Documents and Pooling Documents and any other contract rights, accounts (including any interest of Seller in escrow accounts) and any other payments, rights to payment (including payments of interest or finance charges) and general intangibles, in each case to the extent that the foregoing relates to any Mortgage Loan that is subject to a Participation Certificate; and any other assets relating to such Mortgage Loans (including, without limitation, any other accounts) that are subject to a Participation Certificate or any interest in the Mortgage Loans that are subject to a Participation Certificate and all products and proceeds of any and all of the foregoing, in all instances, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, now existing or hereafter created (collectively, the “Basic Collateral”); (y) possession of the Mortgage Loan Documents, Pooling Documents and any other documentation relating to the Mortgage Pool or the Agency Security relating to any Transaction hereunder by Custodian or by Seller shall constitute constructive possession by Purchaser; and (z) Purchaser shall have all the rights of a secured party pursuant to applicable law, and for such purposes this Agreement shall constitute a security agreement.
(d)In the event that the servicing of the Mortgage Loans that are subject to a Participation Certificate is deemed a separate property right severable from the Mortgage Loans and Participation Certificates, and in any event, Seller and Purchaser intend that Purchaser or its Assignee, as the case may be, shall have, and the Seller hereby grants and pledges to Purchaser or its Assignee a perfected first priority security interest in Seller’s right, title and interest in the Servicing Rights to the Mortgage Loans that are subject to a Participation Certificate and the Servicing Files related thereto and the proceeds of any and all of the foregoing in all instances, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, now existing or hereafter created (“Additional Collateral”; together with the Basic Collateral, the “Collateral”) free and clear of adverse claims.
Section 8.Conditions Precedent.
It shall be a condition precedent to the parties entering into each Transaction, under this Agreement that Purchaser receives the following:
(i)a certificate of a Responsible Officer attaching certified copies of Seller’s certificate of formation, operating agreement and resolutions of Seller’s board of directors authorizing the transactions contemplated hereby;
(ii)a certificate of incumbency of authorized representatives which sets forth the names, titles and true signatures of all of those individuals authorized to execute any document or instrument contemplated by this Agreement and the Custodial Agreement;
(iii)an opinion of counsel of the Seller, (A) in the form of Exhibit D or such other form as the Purchaser may accept (including a non-contravention, enforceability and corporate opinion with respect to Seller); (B) an opinion with respect to the inapplicability of the Investment Company Act of 1940 to Seller and (C) a true sale opinion; each in form and substance acceptable to Purchaser;
(iv)the Program Documents fully executed by the parties thereto; and
(v)such other documents reasonably requested by Purchaser.
(e)It shall be a condition precedent to the parties entering into additional Transactions, under this Agreement that:
(i)Purchaser receives a copy of the Takeout Commitment covering in the aggregate a Takeout Amount equal to the Agency Security Face Amount;
(ii)Purchaser receives the Takeout Commitment Assignment(s), duly executed by Seller, together with appropriate instructions sufficient to ensure that Purchaser can obtain the consent of each Takeout Buyer to the assignment of the Takeout Commitment;
(iii)Purchaser receives such copies of the relevant Pooling Documents (the originals of which shall have been delivered to the Agency) as Purchaser may request from time to time;
(iv)Purchaser receives a letter from any warehouse lender having a security interest in the Mortgage Loans, addressed to Purchaser, releasing any and all right, title and interest in such Mortgage Loans, substantially in the form of an exhibit to the Custodial Agreement;
(v)Purchaser receives an electronic copy of the original Participation Certificate fully completed by Seller and authenticated by Custodian;
(vi)no Servicing Termination Event or Potential Servicing Termination Event shall have occurred and be continuing under the Program Documents and under the Master Repurchase Agreement;
(vii)Purchaser receives an electronic data file for each Transaction, including all fields set forth on Exhibit B hereto;
(viii)the representations and warranties made by the Seller shall be true, correct and complete on and as of such Purchase Date in all material respects with the same force and effect as if made on and as of such date (or, if any such representation or warranty is expressly stated to have been made as of a specific date, as of such specific date);
(ix)after giving effect to the requested Transaction, the aggregate outstanding Purchase Price for all Mortgage Loans subject to Outstanding Transactions under this Agreement shall not exceed the Maximum Purchase Price;
(x)there shall have been no Material Adverse Effect on the financial condition of Seller since the most recent financial statements of Seller were delivered to Purchaser; and
(xi)such Purchase Date occurs at least two (2) Business Days prior to the related Settlement Date.
Section 9.Representations and Warranties.
(a)Seller hereby represents and warrants to Purchaser as of the date hereof and as of the date of each issuance and delivery of a Participation Certificate that:
(i)Seller is Principal. Seller is engaging in the Transactions as a principal.
(ii)Reserved.
(iii)Solvency. Both as of the date hereof and immediately after giving effect to each Transaction hereunder, the fair value of Seller’s assets is greater than the fair value of Seller’s liabilities (including contingent liabilities if and to the extent required to be recorded as liabilities on the financial statements of Seller in accordance with GAAP), and Seller (1) is not insolvent (as defined in 11 U.S.C. § 101(32)), (2) is able to pay and intends to pay its debts as they mature and (3) does not have unreasonably small capital to engage in the business in which it is engaged and proposes to engage. Seller does not intend to incur, or believe that it has incurred, debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature. Seller is not transferring any Mortgage Loans with any intent to hinder, delay or defraud any Person.
(iv)No Broker. The Seller has not dealt with any broker, investment banker, agent, or other person, except for the Purchaser, who may be entitled to any commission or compensation in connection with the sale of Participation Certificates pursuant to this Agreement.
(v)Performance. Seller does not believe, nor does it have any reason or cause to believe, that it cannot perform, and Seller intends to perform, each and every covenant that it is required to perform under this Agreement and the other Program Documents.
(vi)Organization and Good Standing; Subsidiaries. Seller is a limited liability company duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction under which it was organized, has full legal power and authority to own its property and to carry on its business as currently conducted, and is duly qualified as a foreign entity to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the transaction of its business makes such qualification necessary, except in jurisdictions, if any, where a failure to be in good standing has no material adverse effect on the business, operations, assets or financial condition of Seller. For the purposes hereof, good standing shall include qualification for any and all licenses and payment of any and all taxes required in the jurisdiction of its organization and in each jurisdiction in which Seller transacts business. Seller has no Subsidiaries except those listed in the Pricing Side Letter, as such exhibit has been most recently updated by a revision delivered by Seller to Purchaser. As of the date of this Agreement, with respect to Seller and each such Subsidiary, the Pricing Side Letter correctly states its name as it appears in its articles of
formation filed in the jurisdiction of its organization, address, place of organization, each state in which it is qualified as a foreign corporation or entity, and in the case of the Subsidiaries, the percentage ownership (direct or indirect) of Seller in such Subsidiary.
(vii)Financial Condition. The consolidated balance sheets of Seller provided to Purchaser pursuant to Section 10(a)(vi) (and, if applicable, its Subsidiaries) as of the dates of such balance sheets, and the related consolidated statements of income, changes in stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the periods ended on the dates of such balance sheets heretofore furnished to Purchaser, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition of Seller and its Subsidiaries as of such dates and the results of their operations for the periods ended on such dates. On the dates of such balance sheets, Seller had no known material liabilities, direct or indirect, fixed or contingent, matured or unmatured, or liabilities for taxes, long-term leases or unusual forward or long-term commitments not disclosed by, or reserved against on, said balance sheets and related statements, and at the present time there are no material unrealized or anticipated losses from any loans, advances or other commitments of Seller except as heretofore disclosed to Purchaser in writing. Said financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP and applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved. Since the date of the balance sheet most recently provided, there has been no Material Adverse Effect, nor is Seller aware of any state of facts particular to Seller that (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) could reasonably be expected to result in any such Material Adverse Effect.
(viii)No Conflict. Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, nor compliance with its terms and conditions, shall conflict with or result in the breach of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any Lien (other than Liens created pursuant to this Agreement and the other Program Documents) of any nature upon the properties or assets of Seller under, any of the terms, conditions or provisions of Seller’s organizational documents, or any material mortgage, indenture, deed of trust, loan or credit agreement or other material agreement or material instrument to which Seller is now a party or by which it is bound (other than this Agreement).
(ix)Authority and Capacity. Seller has all requisite power, authority and capacity to enter into this Agreement and each other Program Document and to perform the obligations required of it hereunder and thereunder. This Agreement and all of the Program Documents constitute a valid and legally binding agreement of Seller enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization, conservatorship and similar laws, and by equitable principles. No consent, approval, authorization, license or order of or registration or filing with, or notice to, any Governmental Authority is required under any Requirement of Law before the execution, delivery and performance of or compliance by Seller with this Agreement or any other Program Document or the consummation by Seller of any transaction contemplated thereby, except for those that have already been obtained by Seller, and the filings and recordings in respect of the Liens created pursuant to this Agreement and the other Program Documents. If Seller is a depository institution, this Agreement is a part of, and will be maintained in, Seller’s official records.
(x)Approved Company. Seller currently holds all approvals, authorizations and other licenses from the Takeout Buyer and the Agencies required under the Agency Guides (or otherwise) to originate, purchase, hold, service and sell Mortgage Loans of the types to be transferred hereunder.
(xi)Reserved.
(xii)Reserved.
(xiii)Reserved.
(xiv)No Potential Servicing Termination Event. No Potential Servicing Termination Event or Servicing Termination Event has occurred and is continuing.
(xv)Litigation; Compliance with Laws. There is no litigation pending or, to Seller’s knowledge threatened, that could reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Effect or that could reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the Participation Certificates, Mortgage Loans or Agency Securities transferred or to be transferred pursuant to this Agreement, taken as a whole. Seller has not violated any Requirement of Law applicable to Seller that, if violated, would materially and adversely affect the Participation Certificates, Mortgage Loans or Agency Securities to be transferred pursuant to this Agreement, taken as a whole, or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(xvi)Tax Returns and Payments. All federal, state and local income, excise, property and other tax returns required to be filed with respect to Seller’s operations and those of its Subsidiaries in any jurisdiction have been filed on or before the due date thereof (plus any applicable extensions); all such returns are true and correct in all material respects; all taxes, assessments, fees and other governmental charges upon Seller, and Seller’s Subsidiaries and upon their respective properties, income or franchises, that are, or should be shown on such tax returns to be, due and payable have been paid, including all Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) payments and withholding taxes, if appropriate, other than those that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, diligently pursued and as to which Seller has established adequate reserves determined in accordance with GAAP, consistently applied. The amounts reserved, as a liability for income and other taxes payable, in the financial statements described in Section 10(a)(vi) are sufficient for payment of all unpaid federal, state and local income, excise, property and other taxes, whether or not disputed, of Seller and its Subsidiaries, accrued for or applicable to the period and on the dates of such financial statements and all years and periods prior thereto and for which Seller and Seller’s Subsidiaries may be liable in their own right or as transferee of the assets of, or as successor to, any other Person.
(xvii)Investment Company Act. Seller is not an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(xviii)Participation Certificates.
(A)The Seller has not assigned, pledged, or otherwise conveyed or encumbered any Mortgage Loan that is subject to a Participation Certificate to any other Person (other than Purchaser), and immediately prior to the sale of the related Participation Certificate to the Purchaser, the Seller was the sole owner of such Mortgage Loan and had good and marketable title thereto, free and clear of all Liens, in each case except for Liens to be released simultaneously with the sale to the Purchaser hereunder.
(B)The provisions of this Agreement are effective to either constitute a sale of the Participation Certificate and the beneficial interest in the Mortgage Pool to the Purchaser or to create in favor of the Purchaser a valid security interest in all right, title and interest of the Seller in, to and under the Mortgage Pool related to such Participation Certificate.
(xix)Place of Business and Formation. As of the date of this Agreement, the principal place of business of Seller is located at the address set forth for Seller in Section 16. As of the date of this Agreement, and during the four (4) months immediately preceding that date, the chief executive office of Seller and the office where it keeps its financial books and records relating to its property and all contracts relating thereto and all accounts arising therefrom is and
has been located at the address set forth for Seller in Section 16. As of the date hereof, Seller’s jurisdiction of organization is the state specified in Section 16.
(xx)Reserved.
(xxi)Reserved.
(xxii)Statements Made. The information, reports, financial statements, exhibits and schedules furnished in writing by or on behalf of Seller to Purchaser in connection with the negotiation, preparation or delivery of this Agreement and the other Program Documents or included herein or therein or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto, when taken as a whole, do not contain any untrue statement of material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements herein or therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. All written information furnished after the date hereof by or on behalf of Seller to Purchaser in connection with this Agreement and the other Program Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will be true, complete and accurate in every material respect, or (in the case of projections) based on reasonable estimates, on the date as of which such information is stated or certified. There is no fact known to a Responsible Officer that, after due inquiry, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect that has not been disclosed herein, in the other Program Documents or in a report, financial statement, exhibit, schedule, disclosure letter or other writing furnished to Purchaser for use in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.
(xxiii)ERISA. All plans (“Plans”) of a type described in Section 3(3) of ERISA in respect of which Seller or any Subsidiary of Seller is an “employer,” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA, are in substantial compliance with ERISA, and none of such Plans is insolvent or in reorganization, has an accumulated or waived funding deficiency within the meaning of Section 412 of the Code, and neither Seller nor any Subsidiary of Seller has incurred any material liability (including any material contingent liability) to or on account of any such Plan pursuant to Sections 4062, 4063, 4064, 4201 or 4204 of ERISA. No proceedings have been instituted to terminate any such Plan, and no condition exists that presents a material risk to Seller or a Subsidiary of Seller of incurring a liability to or on account of any such Plan pursuant to any of the foregoing Sections of ERISA. As of the date of this Agreement, no material liability exists with respect to any Plan in which Seller, any Subsidiary of Seller is an “employer”, or any trust forming a part thereof, that has been terminated since December 1, 1974.
(xxiv)Agency Approvals. Seller (and each subservicer) is approved by GNMA as an approved issuer, Fannie Mae as an approved lender, Freddie Mac as an approved seller/servicer (as the case may be) and by FHA as an approved mortgagee and by VA as an approved VA lender, in each case in good standing (such collective approvals and conditions, “Agency Approvals”), with no event having occurred or Seller (or any subservicer) having any reason to reasonably believe or suspect will occur prior to the issuance of the Agency Security, including without limitation a change in insurance coverage which would either make Seller (or any subservicer) unable to comply with the eligibility requirements for maintaining all such Agency Approvals. Should Seller (or any subservicer), for any reason, cease to possess all such Agency Approvals, Seller shall so notify Purchaser promptly in writing. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, Seller shall take all necessary action to maintain all of its (and each subservicer’s) Agency Approvals at all times during the term of this Agreement and each outstanding Transaction. Seller (and any subservicer) has adequate financial standing, servicing facilities, procedures and experienced personnel necessary for the sound servicing of residential mortgage loans of the same types as may from time to time constitute Mortgage Loans and in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices.
(xxv)No Reliance. The Seller has made its own independent decisions to enter into the Program Documents and each transaction and as to whether such Transaction is appropriate and proper for it based upon its own judgment and upon advice from such advisors (including without limitation, legal counsel and accountants) as it has deemed necessary. The Seller is not relying upon any advice from Purchaser as to any aspect of the Transactions, including without limitation, the legal, accounting or tax treatment of such Transactions.
(xxvi)Plan Assets. The Seller is not an employee benefit plan as defined in Section 3 of Title I of ERISA, or a plan described in Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code, and the Mortgage Loans are not “plan assets” within the meaning of 29 CFR §2510.3-101 in Seller’s hands.
(xxvii)Anti-Money Laundering Laws. Seller and its Affiliates each complies with all Anti-Money Laundering Laws applicable to it and its agents.
(xxviii)Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions. Seller has implemented and maintains in effect policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by Seller, its Subsidiaries and their respective directors, members, managers, officers, employees and agents with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions, and Seller, its Subsidiaries and their respective directors, members, managers, officers, employees and agents, are in compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions in all material respects. Neither Seller, any of its Subsidiaries nor any of their respective directors, members, managers, officers or employees or agents that will act in any capacity in connection with or benefit from the mortgage warehousing facility established hereby, is a Sanctioned Person. No use of proceeds of any Transaction nor any other transaction contemplated by the Program Documents will violate Anti-Corruption Laws or applicable Sanctions.
(xxix)Eligibility of Custodian. The Custodian is an eligible custodian under the Agency Guide and Agency Program.
(xxx)Takeout Commitment. Any related Takeout Commitment constitutes a valid, binding and enforceable mandatory delivery commitment by a Takeout Buyer to purchase on the Settlement Date and at a given Takeout Price the principal amount of the Agency Security described therein.
(b)Seller hereby represents and warrants to Purchaser with respect to each Mortgage Loan and the related Mortgage Pool, in each case to the extent subject to a Participation Certificate, as of the relevant Purchase Date and Cut-off Date as follows; provided to the extent that the Cut-off Date is a date following the Purchase Date and any facts or circumstances which did not exist on the Purchase Date shall occur subsequent to the Purchase Date that would render any such representation and warranty materially false if made as of the Cut-off Date, Seller shall have no liability for a breach of such representation and warranty made as of such Cut-off Date:
(i)Agency Eligibility. Each such Mortgage Loan is an Agency Eligible Mortgage Loan.
(ii)Mortgage Loan Schedule. The Mortgage Loan Schedule contains a complete listing and schedule of such Mortgage Loans, and the information contained on such Mortgage Loan Schedule is accurate and complete in all material respects.
(iii)Agency Representations. As to both such Mortgage Pool and each such Mortgage Loan, all of the representations and warranties made or deemed made respecting same contained in (or incorporated by reference therein) the relevant Agency Guide provisions and Agency Program (collectively, the “Standard Agency Mortgage Loan Representations”) are (and shall be as of all relevant dates) true and correct in all material respects; and except as may be expressly and previously disclosed to Purchaser, Seller has not negotiated with the Agency any exceptions or modifications to such Standard Agency Mortgage Loan Representations.
(iv)Aggregate Principal Balance. The Cut-off Date Principal Balance respecting such Mortgage Pool shall be at least equal to the Agency Security Face Amount for the Agency Security designated to be issued.
(c)In the event any of Seller’s representations or warranties set forth in Section 10(b) are materially breached or determined by either party not to be accurate in any material respect (each a “Breach”), if such Breach can be cured by action of Seller, Seller may attempt to cure such Breach. If such Breach is not cured within five (5) Business Days of the occurrence of such Breach, Purchaser at its sole election shall be entitled by notice to Seller to immediately require Seller (i) to purchase the Mortgage Loans which are subject to such Breach (the “Deficient Mortgage Loans”); and (ii) if such Breach relates to any of the representations made pursuant to Section 10(b) and the aggregate principal balance of the Deficient Mortgage Loans, when deducted from the Cut-off Date Principal Balance, would result in a remaining Mortgage Pool principal balance insufficient to support the issuance of an Agency Security to satisfy the Takeout Commitments taken as a whole, to purchase the Deficient Mortgage Loans and, if further elected by Purchaser, to take and accept reassignment to Seller of all of the related Takeout Commitments, in both (i) and (ii) above at the Repurchase Price for the Deficient Mortgage Loans.
At the time of repurchase, the Purchaser and the Seller shall arrange for the reassignment of the Deficient Mortgage Loan to the Seller and the delivery to the Seller of any documents held by the Custodian relating to the Deficient Mortgage Loan. In the event of a repurchase, the Seller shall, simultaneously with such reassignment, give written notice to the Purchaser that such repurchase has taken place and amend the Mortgage Loan Schedule to reflect the withdrawal of the Deficient Mortgage Loan from this Agreement.
In addition to such repurchase the Seller shall indemnify the Purchaser and hold it harmless against any losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, including, without limitation, legal fees and related costs, judgment, and other costs and expenses resulting from any claim, demand, defense or assertion based on or grounded upon, or resulting from, a Breach of the Seller representations and
warranties contained in Section 10(b) or enforcement of this provision hereunder. It is understood and agreed that the obligations of the Seller set forth in this Section 9 to cure or repurchase a Deficient Mortgage Loan and to indemnify the Purchaser as provided in this Section 9 constitute the sole remedies of the Purchaser respecting a Breach of the foregoing representations and warranties.
The representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement shall survive transfer of the Participation Certificates to Purchaser and shall continue for so long as the Participation Certificates are subject to this Agreement. Any cause of action against the Seller relating to or arising out of the Breach of any of the representations and warranties made in this Section 9 shall accrue as to any Mortgage Loan upon (i) discovery of such Breach by the Purchaser or notice thereof by the Seller to the Purchaser, (ii) failure by the Seller to cure such Breach or repurchase such Mortgage Loan as specified above, and (iii) demand upon the Seller by the Purchaser for compliance with this Agreement.
Section 10.Covenants of Seller.
(a)On and as of the date of this Agreement and each Purchase Date and each day until this Agreement is no longer in force, the Seller covenants as follows:
(i)Maintenance of Existence; Conduct of Business. Seller shall preserve and maintain its existence in good standing and all of its rights, privileges, licenses and franchises necessary in the normal conduct of its business, including its eligibility as lender, seller/servicer and issuer described under Section 9(a)(x) and shall make no material change in the nature or character of its business or engage in any business substantially different from the loan origination and servicing business in which it is engaged on the date of this Agreement. Seller will not make any material change in its accounting treatment and reporting practices except as required by GAAP. Seller will remain a member of MERS in good standing.
(ii)Compliance with Applicable Laws. Seller shall comply with all Requirements of Law, a breach of which would, or could reasonably be expected to, affect, as a whole in a materially adverse manner, the Participation Certificates, Mortgage Loans or Agency Securities to be transferred pursuant to this Agreement, or that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, in each case except where contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and with adequate book reserves determined in accordance with GAAP, consistently applied, established therefor. Seller shall comply in all material respects with all Requirements of Law applicable to it. Without limiting the foregoing, Seller shall comply in all material respects with all applicable (1) Agency Guides, (2) Privacy Requirements, including the GLB Act and Safeguards Rules promulgated thereunder, (3) consumer protection laws and regulations, (4) licensing and approval requirements applicable to Seller’s origination of Mortgage Loans and (5) other laws and regulations referenced in the definition of “Requirement(s) of Law”.
(iii)Taxes. Seller shall pay and discharge or cause to be paid and discharged all taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed upon Seller or upon its income, receipts or properties, before the same shall become past due, as well as all lawful claims for labor, materials or supplies or otherwise that, if unpaid, might become a Lien upon such properties or any part thereof; provided that Seller shall not be required to pay obligations, taxes, assessments or governmental charges or levies or claims for labor, materials or supplies for which Seller shall have obtained an adequate bond or adequate insurance or that are being contested in good faith and by proper proceedings that are being reasonably and diligently
pursued, if such proceedings do not involve any likelihood of the sale, forfeiture or loss of any such property or any interest therein while such proceedings are pending and if adequate book reserves determined in accordance with GAAP, consistently applied, are established therefor.
(iv)Notices. Seller will promptly notify Purchaser of the occurrence of any of the following and shall provide such additional documentation and cooperation as Purchaser may request with respect to any of the following:
(A)any change in the business address and/or telephone number of Seller;
(B)any merger, consolidation or reorganization of Seller;
(C)Seller’s creation, formation or acquisition of any Subsidiary;
(D)reserved;
(E)reserved;
(F)any change of the name or jurisdiction of organization of Seller;
(G)reserved;
(H)Seller’s incurring Indebtedness other than the following:
a.Seller’s obligations under this Agreement and the other Program Documents;
b.Seller’s existing Indebtedness, or Seller’s existing guaranties of its Subsidiaries’ or any other Persons’ indebtedness, described in the Pricing Side Letter at current levels;
c.Seller’s and its Subsidiaries’ obligations under other Available Warehouse Facilities;
d.obligations to pay taxes;
e.liabilities for accounts payable, non-capitalized equipment or operating leases and similar liabilities, but only if incurred in the ordinary course of business;
f.accrued expenses, deferred credits and loss contingencies that are properly classified as liabilities under GAAP;
g.credit or warehouse, early purchase, repurchase or similar facilities for the financing of its Mortgage Loans;
h.capital lease obligations or purchase money debt of Seller or any of its Subsidiaries for fixed or capital assets incurred in the ordinary course of business;
i.other Indebtedness not exceeding *** Dollars ($***) in the aggregate at any time outstanding; and
j.guaranties of Indebtedness incurred by a Subsidiary for credit or warehouse, early purchase, repurchase or similar facilities to finance its investment in Mortgage Loans;
(I)Seller’s guaranteeing obligations of any other Person except Indebtedness incurred by a Subsidiary for credit or warehouse, early purchase, repurchase or similar facilities to finance its investment in residential mortgage loans;
(J)any material adverse change in the financial position of Seller, Seller and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole;
(K)receipt by Seller of notice from the holder of any of its Indebtedness of any alleged default in respect of Indebtedness of *** Dollars ($***) or more;
(L)the filing of any petition, claim or lawsuit against Seller or any Subsidiary of Seller that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(M)the initiation of any investigations, audits, examinations or reviews of Seller or any Subsidiary of Seller by any Agency or Governmental Authority relating to the origination, sale or servicing of Mortgage Loans by Seller or any Subsidiary of Seller or the business operations of Seller, any Subsidiary of Seller (with the exception of routine and normally scheduled audits or examinations by the regulators of Seller or any Subsidiary of Seller), in each case, provided that Seller or such Subsidiary is not prohibited by either any Requirement of Law or any agreement with such Agency or Governmental Authority from disclosing the fact of the investigation, audit, examination or review;
(N)the occurrence of any actions, inactions or events upon which an Agency may, in accordance with Agency Guides, disqualify or suspend Seller or any Subsidiary of Seller as a seller or servicer, including (if Seller is or becomes a Freddie Mac-approved seller or servicer) those events or reasons for disqualification or suspension enumerated in Chapter 5 of the Freddie Mac Single Family Seller/Servicer Guide and (if Seller is or becomes a Fannie Mae-approved seller or servicer) any breach of Seller’s “Lender Contract” (as defined in the Fannie Mae Single Family 2010 Selling Guide) with Fannie Mae including the breaches described or referred to in Section A2-3, 1-01 “Lender Breach of Contract” of the Fannie Mae Single Family 2010 Selling Guide;
(O)the filing, recording or assessment of any federal, state or local tax Lien in excess of *** Dollars ($***) against Seller or any of its assets;
(P)the occurrence of any Potential Servicing Termination Event or Servicing Termination Event hereunder;
(Q)the suspension, revocation or termination of any licenses or eligibility as described under Section 9(a)(x) of Seller or any Subsidiary of Seller;
(R)any other action, event or condition of any nature that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or that, with or without notice or lapse of time or both, will constitute a default under any other material agreement, instrument or indenture to which Seller is a party or to which its properties or assets may be subject;
(S)any alleged breach by Purchaser of any provision of this Agreement or of any of the other Program Documents of which Seller has actual knowledge; provided that the failure to give the notice required by this Section 10 shall not constitute a Servicing Termination Event;
(T)promptly upon receipt of notice or knowledge of any Lien or security interest (other than security interests created hereby or under any other Program
Document) on, or claim asserted against, any of the Mortgage Pool that is subject to a Participation Certificate;
(U)reserved;
(V)promptly, but no later than two (2) Business Days after the Seller receives notice of the same, (A) any Mortgage Loan submitted for inclusion into an Agency Security and rejected by that Agency for inclusion in such Agency Security or (B) any Mortgage Loan submitted to a Takeout Buyer (whole loan or securitization) and rejected for purchase by such Takeout Buyer.
(v)Disposition; Liens. Except as contemplated or permitted by this Agreement, the Seller shall not cause any Mortgage Pool to be sold, pledged, assigned or transferred; nor shall the Seller create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any mortgage, pledge, Lien, charge or other encumbrance of any nature whatsoever on any Mortgage Pool, whether real, personal or mixed, now or hereafter owned, other than Liens in favor of the Purchaser;
(vi)Financial Statements and Other Reports. Seller shall deliver or cause to be delivered to Purchaser:
(A)as soon as available and in any event not later than thirty (30) days after the end of each calendar month, consolidated statements of income and retained earnings of Seller and Seller’s Subsidiaries for the immediately preceding month, and related consolidated balance sheet as of the end of the immediately preceding month, all in reasonable detail, prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis, and certified as to the fairness of presentation by the chief financial officer, chief accounting officer or controller of Seller, excluding, however, normal year-end audit adjustments;
(B)as soon as available and in any event not later than ninety (90) days after Seller’s fiscal year end, consolidated statements of income, retained earnings and cash flows of Seller and Seller’s Subsidiaries for the preceding fiscal year, the related consolidated balance sheet as of the end of such year, all in reasonable detail, prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved, and accompanied by an opinion (without a “going concern” or like qualification, commentary or exception and without any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit) prepared by Ernst & Young, another accounting firm reasonably satisfactory to Purchaser or other independent certified public accountants of nationally recognized standing selected by Seller, each stating that said financial statements fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, cash flows and results of operations of Seller and Seller’s Subsidiaries as of the end of, and for, such year;
(C)simultaneously with the furnishing of each of the financial statements to be delivered pursuant to subsections (A) and (B) above, a certificate in the form of Exhibit C to the Master Repurchase Agreement and certified by the chief financial officer, chief accounting officer or controller of the Seller; provided that delivery of such certificate under the Master Repurchase Agreement shall satisfy delivery under this Agreement so long as the Master Repurchase Agreement is in full force and effect;
(D)photocopies or electronic copies of any Form S-1 and all regular or periodic financial and other reports, if any, that Seller shall file with the SEC (other than routine corporate or organizational filings), not later than five (5) Business Days after filing;
(E)photocopies or electronic copies of any audits completed by any Agency of Seller, any Subsidiary of Seller, unless such disclosure is prohibited by such Agency, not later than five (5) Business Days after receiving such audit;
(F)with reasonable promptness following Purchaser’s request for them, photocopies or electronic copies of any regular or periodic financial and other reports (other than routine tax and corporate or organizational filings) that Seller shall have filed with any Governmental Authority other than the SEC;
(G)as soon as available and in any event not later than one hundred twenty (120) days after the fiscal year end, statements of income, retained earnings and cash flows of each Subsidiary of Seller for the preceding fiscal year and the related balance sheet as of the end of such year, all in reasonable detail and each of which may be prepared by the Seller or such Subsidiary;
(H)Seller will furnish to Purchaser monthly electronic Mortgage Loan performance data, including, without limitation, delinquency reports and volume information, broken down by product (i.e., delinquency, foreclosure and net charge-off reports), as well as a summary of the portfolio performance on a rolling monthly period stratified by percentage repurchase demands for: representation breaches, missing document breaches, repurchases due to fraud, early payment default requests, summarized on the basis of (a) pending repurchase demands (including weighted average duration of outstanding request), (b) satisfied repurchase demands, (c) total repurchase demands;
(I)Seller will furnish a monthly mortgage loan production report reflecting the Seller’s monthly mortgage loan production and acquisition volumes, as well as its mortgage loan pipeline; and
(J)promptly, from time to time, such other information regarding the business affairs, operations and financial condition of the Seller, as the Purchaser may reasonably request.
(vii)Inspection of Properties and Books. Seller shall permit authorized representatives of Purchaser to (i) discuss the business, operations, assets and financial condition of Seller and Seller’s Subsidiaries with their officers and designated employees and to examine their books of account, records, reports and other papers and make copies or extracts thereof, (ii) inspect Seller’s Mortgage Files and Servicing Files relating to Mortgage Loans that are subject to Participation Certificates and all related information and reports, and (iii) audit Seller’s operations to ensure compliance with the terms of the Program Documents, the GLB Act and other privacy laws and regulations, all at such reasonable times as Purchaser may request. Unless a Potential Servicing Termination Event or a Servicing Termination Event has occurred and is continuing (in which event Purchaser shall have no obligation whatsoever to give Seller advance notice), Purchaser will give Seller reasonable advance notice of each such audit, inspection or visit. Seller shall reimburse Purchaser for out-of-pocket expenses reasonably incurred in connection with only one such audit, inspection or visit during any twelve (12) month period, and for out-of-pocket expenses reasonably incurred in connection with each such audit, inspection or visit, if any, undertaken when a Potential Servicing Termination Event or a Servicing Termination Event exists. Seller will provide its accountants with a photocopy of this Agreement promptly after Purchaser notifies Seller that Purchaser wishes to discuss the financial condition or affairs of Seller and Seller’s Subsidiaries with such accountants and will instruct its accountants to answer candidly any and all questions that the officers of Purchaser or any authorized representatives of Purchaser may address to them in reference to the financial condition or affairs of Seller and Seller’s Subsidiaries. Seller may have its representatives in
attendance at any meetings between the officers or other representatives of Purchaser and Seller’s accountants held in accordance with this authorization.
(viii)Reimbursement of Expenses. On the date of execution of this Agreement, the Seller shall reimburse the Purchaser for all Expenses incurred by the Purchaser on or prior to such date. From and after such date, the Seller shall promptly reimburse the Purchaser for all Expenses within thirty (30) days of the receipt of invoices therefor.
(ix)Further Assurances. Seller agrees to do such further acts and things and to execute and deliver to Purchaser such additional assignments, acknowledgments, agreements, powers and instruments as are reasonably required by Purchaser to carry into effect the intent and purposes of this Agreement and the other Program Documents, to perfect the interests of Purchaser in the Collateral or to better assure and confirm unto Purchaser its rights, powers and remedies hereunder and thereunder.
(x)True and Correct Information. All information, reports, financial statements, exhibits and schedules furnished in writing by or on behalf of Seller to Purchaser in connection with the negotiation, preparation or delivery of this Agreement and the other Program Documents or included herein or therein or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto, when taken as a whole, do not and shall not contain any untrue statement of material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements herein or therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(xi)Reserved.
(xii)Financial Condition Covenants. The Seller shall comply with the financial condition covenants set forth in the Master Repurchase Agreement, which such financial condition covenants shall be incorporated by reference herein mutatis mutandis, and such financial condition covenants shall continue to bind Seller hereunder in the event that the Master Repurchase Agreement is terminated.
(xiii)Insurance. Seller shall maintain at no cost to Purchaser (a) errors and omissions insurance or mortgage impairment insurance and blanket bond coverage, with such companies and in such amounts as to satisfy the requirements of prevailing Agency Guides applicable to a qualified mortgage originating institution, and shall cause Seller’s policy to be endorsed with the Blanket Bond Required Endorsement and (b) liability insurance and fire and other hazard insurance on its properties, with responsible insurance companies, in such amounts and against such risks as is customarily carried by similar businesses operating in the same vicinity. Photocopies of such policies shall be furnished to Purchaser at no cost to Purchaser upon Seller’s obtaining such coverage or any renewal of or modification to such coverage.
(xiv)Reserved.
(xv)Reserved.
(xvi)Reserved.
(xvii)Limits on Distributions. Other than Permitted Tax Distributions or stock dividends, both of which are unrestricted and may be declared, made or paid at any time, Seller shall not declare, make or pay, or incur any liability to declare, make or pay, any dividend or distribution, direct or indirect, on or on account of any shares of its stock (or equivalent equity interest) or any redemption or other acquisition, direct or indirect, of any shares of its stock (or equivalent equity interest) or of any warrants, rights or other options to purchase any shares of its stock (or equivalent equity interest), nor purchase, acquire, redeem or retire any stock (or
equivalent equity interest) in itself, whether now or hereafter outstanding, without the prior written consent of Purchaser, if ***.
(xviii)Disposition of Assets; Liens. Seller shall (i) cause any of the Mortgage Loans or Participation Certificates to be sold, pledged, assigned or transferred except in compliance with the applicable Program Documents or (ii) create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any mortgage, pledge, Lien, charge or other encumbrance of any nature whatsoever on any of the Mortgage Loans or Participation Certificates, whether real, personal, or mixed, now or hereafter owned, other than Liens in favor of Buyer.
(xix)Transactions with Affiliates. Seller will not enter into any transaction, including any purchase, sale, lease or exchange of property or the rendering of any service, with any Affiliate unless such transaction is (a) not prohibited under this Agreement and (b) in the ordinary course of Seller’s business and upon fair and reasonable terms no less favorable to Seller than it would obtain in a comparable arm’s-length transaction with a Person that is not an Affiliate; provided that this Section 10(a)(xix) shall not prohibit any Subsidiary of Seller from making any dividend or distribution to Seller or Seller from making any dividend or distribution permitted under Section 10(xvii).
(xx)Mergers, Acquisitions, Subsidiaries. Without the prior written consent of Purchaser, Seller will not consolidate or merge with or into any entity (unless Seller is the surviving entity and any of Seller’s Subsidiaries may merge with or into Seller). Seller shall not create, form or acquire any Subsidiary not listed in the Pricing Side Letter, unless (i) such Subsidiary engages only in the loan origination, loan servicing, loan escrow or settlement business or a closely related business or a business incidental to the foregoing and (ii) Seller has given Purchaser notice of such creation, formation or acquisition as and when required under Section 10(a)(iv)(C) of this Agreement.
(xxi)Reserved.
(xxii)Agency Approvals; Servicing. The Seller shall maintain its Agency Approvals. Should the Seller, for any reason, cease to possess all such applicable Agency Approvals to the extent necessary, the Seller shall so notify Purchaser promptly in writing.
(xxiii)Reserved.
(xxiv)Takeout Commitment. On a timely basis, as required by the Good Delivery standards, Seller shall deliver to Purchaser all pool information relating to each Agency Security referred to in a Takeout Commitment that has been assigned to Purchaser.
(xxv)Reserved.
(xxvi)Treatment as Sale. Under GAAP and for federal income tax purposes, Seller will report each sale of a Participation Certificate to Purchaser as a sale of the ownership interest in the Mortgage Loans evidenced by the Participation Certificate. It is understood that, in making an independent decision to enter into the Transactions contemplated hereby, Seller has obtained such independent legal, tax, financial, regulatory and accounting advice as it deems necessary in order to determine the effect of any Transaction on Seller, including but not limited to the accounting treatment of such Transaction. It is further understood that Purchaser has not provided, and Seller has not relied on Purchaser for, any legal, tax, financial, regulatory or accounting advice in connection with entering into any Transaction. It is further understood that Purchaser makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy or appropriateness of any determination by Seller and its independent legal, tax, financial, regulatory and accounting advisers with respect to the effect of any Transaction on Seller.
(xxvii)Cooperation. Seller shall, upon request of Purchaser, promptly execute and deliver to Purchaser all such other and further documents and instruments of transfer, conveyance and assignment, and shall take such other action Purchaser may require more effectively to transfer, convey, assign to and vest in Purchaser and to put Purchaser in possession of the property to be transferred, conveyed, assigned and delivered hereunder and otherwise to carry out more effectively the intent of the provisions under this Agreement.
(xxviii)Delivery of Mortgage Loans. Seller shall deliver Mortgage Loans in sufficient quantity and Outstanding Principal Balance to enable Purchaser to consummate the sale or swap as contemplated under the related Takeout Commitment. Should Seller fail to deliver Mortgage Loans in sufficient quantity and Outstanding Principal Balance, Seller shall indemnify Purchaser for any and all losses sustained by Purchaser arising out of the related Takeout Commitment.
(xxix)MERS. Seller will remain a member of MERS in good standing. Seller has listed Purchaser in “interim funder” field on the MERS System with respect to each Mortgage Loan and no other Person shall be identified in the field designated “interim funder”.
Section 11.Term.
(a)This Agreement shall continue in effect until the earliest of (i) the Business Day, if any, that Seller designates as the termination date by written notice given to the Purchaser at least thirty (30) days before such date, (ii) the Business Day, if any, that Purchaser designates as the termination date by written notice given to Seller at least sixty (60) days before such date, (iii) November 9, 2023 and (iv) at Purchaser’s option, upon the occurrence of a Servicing Termination Event; provided, however, that no termination will affect the obligations hereunder as to any Transaction then outstanding. A Transaction shall be deemed “outstanding” (each, an “Outstanding Transaction”) during the period commencing on the effective date of such Transaction and continuing until the later of (i) the date of the expiration (or early termination) of the relevant Interim Servicing Period and (as applicable) the effective transfer of Servicing Rights to a Designated Servicer or (ii) the expiration of the time period for the exercise of Purchaser’s rights and remedies pursuant to subclause (v) of the definition of “Transaction”. Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision of this Agreement, Seller’s liability for Purchaser’s claims for damages hereunder and liability for Seller’s indemnities, representations and warranties contained herein shall survive any termination of this Agreement.
(b)Upon the occurrence and continuance of a Servicing Termination Event or an Event of Default (as defined in the Master Repurchase Agreement), Purchaser may terminate this Agreement.
Section 12.Exclusive Benefit of Parties; Assignment.
This Agreement is for the exclusive benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns and (except as provided in the next sentence) shall not be deemed to give any legal or equitable right to any other person. Seller expressly agrees that Purchaser (or any of its permitted assigns) and any Designated Servicer shall be intended third party beneficiaries under this Agreement. Except as expressly provided herein, this Agreement may not be assigned by Seller or duties hereunder delegated without the prior written consent of Purchaser. This Agreement may not be assigned by Purchaser without the prior written consent of Seller, unless (i) such assignment is to an Affiliate of Purchaser, or (ii) a Potential Servicing Termination Event or a Service Termination Event has occurred and is continuing.
Section 13.Amendment; Waivers.
This Agreement may be amended from time to time only by written agreement of Seller and Purchaser. Any forbearance, failure, or delay by Purchaser in exercising any right, power or remedy hereunder shall not be deemed to be a waiver thereof, and any single or partial exercise by Purchaser of any right, power or remedy hereunder shall not preclude the further exercise thereof. Every right, power and remedy of Purchaser shall continue in full force and effect until specifically waived by Purchaser in writing.
Section 14.Effect of Invalidity of Provisions.
In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement should be or become invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein or therein shall in no way be affected, prejudiced or disturbed thereby.
Section 15.Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial.
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, which is the place of the making of this Agreement, without regard to conflict of laws rules (other than Section 5-1401 of the New York General Obligations Law). EACH OF SELLER AND PURCHASER HEREBY:
SUBMITS FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, OR FOR RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT IN RESPECT THEREOF, TO THE GENERAL JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, THE FEDERAL COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND APPELLATE COURTS FROM ANY THEREOF;
CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING (INCLUDING ANY BROUGHT AGAINST ANY SUBSERVICER) MAY BE BROUGHT IN SUCH COURTS AND, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WAIVES ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT OR THAT SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING WAS BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT COURT AND AGREES NOT TO PLEAD OR CLAIM THE SAME;
AGREES THAT SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE EFFECTED BY MAILING A COPY THEREOF BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL (OR ANY SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR FORM OF MAIL), POSTAGE PREPAID, TO ITS ADDRESS SET FORTH ON SCHEDULE 1 HERETO OR AT SUCH OTHER ADDRESS OF WHICH EACH OTHER PARTY HERETO SHALL HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED IN WRITING; PROVIDED THAT, AT THE TIME OF SUCH MAILING AN ELECTRONIC COPY OF SUCH SERVICE OF PROCESS IS ALSO SENT BY ELECTRONIC MAIL TO THE PERSONS SPECIFIED IN THE ADDRESS FOR NOTICES FOR SUCH PARTY ON SCHEDULE I HERETO (OR SUCH OTHER PERSONS OF WHICH THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO SHALL HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED);
AGREES THAT NOTHING HEREIN SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT TO EFFECT SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW OR SHALL LIMIT THE RIGHT TO SUE IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION; AND
WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE PROGRAM DOCUMENTS OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY.
Section 16.Notices.
Except as otherwise expressly permitted by this Agreement, all notices, requests and other communications provided for herein (including without limitation any modifications of, or waivers, requests or consents under, this Agreement) shall be given or made in writing (including without limitation by electronic mail) delivered to the intended recipient at the “Address for Notices” specified below its name on Schedule 1 hereto); or, as to any party, at such other address as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to each other party. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement all such communications shall be deemed to have been duly given when transmitted by email or personally delivered or, in the case of a mailed notice, upon receipt, in each case given or addressed as aforesaid. In all cases, to the extent that the related individual set forth in the respective “Attention” line is no longer employed by the respective Person, such notice may be given to the attention of a Responsible Officer of the respective Person or to the attention of such individual or individuals as subsequently notified in writing by a Responsible Officer of the respective Person.
Section 17.Execution in Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed by each of the parties hereto on any number of separate counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Counterparts may be delivered electronically. Facsimile, documents executed, scanned, and transmitted electronically and electronic signatures shall be deemed original signatures for purposes of this Agreement and all matters related thereto, with such facsimile, scanned and electronic signatures having the same legal effect as original signatures. The parties agree that this Agreement, any addendum, or amendment hereto or any other document necessary for the consummation of the transaction contemplated by this Agreement may be accepted, executed, or agreed
to through the use of an electronic signature in accordance with the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, Title 15, United States Code, Sections 7001 et seq., the Uniform Electronic Transaction Act, and any applicable state law. Any document accepted, executed or agreed to in conformity with such laws will be binding on all parties hereto to the same extent as if it were physically executed and each party hereby consents to the use of any secure third party electronic signature capture service providers, as long as such service providers use system logs and audit trails that establish a temporal and process link between the presentation of identity documents and the electronic signing, together with identifying information that can be used to verify the electronic signature and its attribution to the signer’s identity and evidence of the signer’s agreement to conduct the transaction electronically and of the signer’s execution of each electronic signature.
Section 18.Confidentiality.
(a)Confidential Terms. The parties hereto hereby acknowledge and agree that all written or computer-readable information provided by one party to any other regarding the terms set forth in any of the Program Documents or the Transactions contemplated thereby (the “Confidential Terms”) shall be kept confidential and shall not be divulged to any Person without the prior written consent of such other party except to the extent that (i) such Person is an Affiliate, Subsidiary, division or parent holding company of a party or a director, officer, employee or agent (including an accountant, legal counsel and other advisor) of a party or such Affiliate, division or parent holding company, provided such recipients are advised of the confidential nature of the Confidential Terms, (ii) in such party’s opinion, it is necessary to do so in working with legal counsel or auditors (provided such recipients are advised of the confidential nature of the Confidential Terms), taxing authorities or other governmental agencies or regulatory bodies (including any self-regulatory authority, such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners) or in order to comply with any applicable federal or state laws or regulations, (iii) any of the Confidential Terms are in the public domain other than due to a breach of this covenant, (iv) in the event of a Potential Servicing Termination Event or a Servicing Termination Event, Purchaser reasonably determines such information to be necessary or desirable to disclose in connection with the marketing and sales of the Mortgage Loans and Participation Certificates or otherwise to enforce or exercise Purchaser’s rights hereunder, (v) to the extent Purchaser deems it necessary or appropriate to disclose it to Custodian or in connection with an assignment or participation under Section 12 or in connection with any hedging transaction related to Mortgage Loans, provided such
recipients are advised of the confidential nature of the Confidential Terms, or (vi) Seller may make disclosures related to this Agreement and the other Program Documents as required by the SEC or any federal or state securities laws and Seller may make disclosures related to this Agreement and the other Program Documents to describe to its creditors the facilities provided under the Program Documents so long as pricing information (including the Discount Rate), fees and financial covenant terms related to the Program Documents are given without linking or relating them to Purchaser and in a range which describes such terms for all of Seller’s warehouse facilities generally. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Program Document, the parties hereto may disclose to any and all Persons, without limitation of any kind, the U.S. federal, state and local tax treatment of the Transactions, any fact that may be relevant to understanding the U.S. federal, state and local tax treatment of the Transactions, and all materials of any kind (including opinions or other tax analyses) relating to such U.S. federal, state and local tax treatment and that may be relevant to understanding such tax treatment, and the parties hereto may disclose information pertaining to this Agreement routinely provided by arrangers to league table providers, that serve the financing industry; provided that Seller may not disclose (except as provided in clauses (i), (ii), (iii) or (vi) of this Section 18(a)) the name of or identifying information with respect to Purchaser or any pricing terms (including the Discount Rate or other fee) or other nonpublic business or financial information (including any sublimits and financial covenants) that is unrelated to the U.S. federal, state and local tax treatment of the Transactions and is not relevant to understanding the U.S. federal, state and local tax treatment of the Transactions, without the prior written consent of Purchaser. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Confidential Terms as provided in this Section 18(a) shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Confidential Terms as such Person would accord to its own confidential information. The provisions set forth in this Section 18(a) shall survive the termination of this Agreement for a period of one (1) year following such termination.
(b)Privacy of Customer Information.
(i)Seller’s Customer Information in the possession of Purchaser, other than information independently obtained by Purchaser and not derived in any manner from or using information obtained under or in connection with this Agreement, is and shall remain confidential and proprietary information of Seller. Except in accordance with this Section18(b), Purchaser shall not use any Seller’s Customer Information for any purpose, including the marketing of products or services to, or the solicitation of business from, customers, or disclose any Seller’s Customer Information to any Person, including any of Purchaser’s employees, agents or contractors or any third party not affiliated with Purchaser. Purchaser may use or disclose Seller’s Customer Information only to the extent necessary (1) for examination and audit of Purchaser’s activities, books and records by Purchaser’s regulatory authorities, (2) to protect or exercise Purchaser’s rights and privileges or (3) to carry out Purchaser’s express obligations under this Agreement and the other Program Documents (including providing Seller’s Customer Information to Takeout Buyers), and for no other purpose; provided that Purchaser may also use and disclose Seller’s Customer Information as expressly permitted by Seller in writing, to the extent that such express permission is in accordance with the Privacy Requirements. Purchaser shall take commercially reasonable steps to ensure that each Person to which Purchaser intends to disclose Seller’s Customer Information, before any such disclosure of information, agrees to keep confidential any such Seller’s Customer Information and to use or disclose such Seller’s Customer Information only to the extent necessary to protect or exercise Purchaser’s rights and privileges, or to carry out Purchaser’s express obligations, under this Agreement and the other Program Documents (including providing Seller’s Customer Information to Takeout Buyers). Purchaser agrees to maintain an information security program and to assess, manage and control risks relating to the security and confidentiality of Seller’s Customer Information pursuant to such program in the same manner as Purchaser does in respect of its own customers’ information, and shall implement the standards relating to such risks in the manner set forth in the Interagency Guidelines Establishing Standards for Safeguarding Company Customer Information set forth in 12 CFR Parts 30, 168, 170, 208, 211, 225, 263, 308 and 364. Without limiting the scope of the foregoing sentence, Purchaser shall use at least the same physical and other security measures to protect all of Seller’s Customer Information in its possession or control as it uses for its own customers’ confidential and proprietary information.
(ii)Seller shall indemnify Purchaser’s Affiliates and Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, agents, advisors and employees (each an “Indemnified Party”) against, and hold each of them harmless from, any losses, liabilities, damages, claims, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements) suffered or incurred by any Indemnified Party relating to or arising out of Seller’s loss, improper disclosure or misuse of any Seller’s Customer Information not caused by Purchaser’s sole or concurrent gross negligence or willful misconduct.
Section 19.Acknowledgments.
Seller hereby acknowledges that:
(a)it has been advised by counsel in the negotiation, execution and delivery of the Program Documents;
(b)Seller has no fiduciary relationship to Purchaser, and the relationship between Seller and Purchaser is solely that of seller and purchaser; and
(c)no joint venture exists between Seller and Purchaser.
Section 20.Authorizations. Any of the persons whose signatures and titles appear on Schedule 1 are authorized, acting singly, to act for Seller or Purchaser, as the case may be, under this Agreement.
Section 21.Set-Off. In addition to any rights and remedies of Purchaser hereunder and by law, Purchaser shall have the right, upon any amount becoming due and payable by the Seller hereunder (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) and provided that a Servicing Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, to set-off and appropriate and apply against such amount any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final), in any currency, and any other credits, indebtedness or claims, in any currency, in each case whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, at any time held or owing by Purchaser or any Affiliate thereof to or for the credit or the account of the Seller. Purchaser shall notify Seller promptly of any such setoff and application made by Purchaser; provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set off and application or give any rise to any liability of Purchaser.
Section 22.Amendment and Restatement. The parties hereto entered into the Existing Agreement. The parties hereto desire to enter into this Agreement in order to amend and restate the Existing Agreement in its entirety. The amendment and restatement of the Existing Agreement shall become effective on the date hereof, and the parties hereto shall hereafter be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement. This Agreement amends and restates the terms and conditions of the Existing Agreement, and is not a novation of any of the agreements or obligations incurred pursuant to the terms of the Existing Agreement. Accordingly, all of the agreements and obligations incurred pursuant to the terms of the Existing Agreement are hereby ratified and affirmed by the parties hereto and remain in full force and effect. All references to the Existing Agreement in any Program Document or other document or instrument delivered in connection therewith shall be, without more, deemed to refer to this Agreement and the provisions hereof. The terms and provisions of the existing Agreement are hereby amended and restated in their entirety by the terms and provisions of this Agreement, and the provisions of this Agreement shall supersede all provisions of the Existing Agreement as of the date hereof.
[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Purchaser and Seller have duly executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.
LOANDEPOT.COM, LLC, as Seller
By:
Name:
Title:
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Purchaser
By:
Name:
Title:
Signature Page to Amended and Restated Mortgage Loan Participation Sale Agreement
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SCHEDULE 1
SELLER NOTICES
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| Name: Sheila Mayes |
Address: loanDepot.com, LLC
6561 Irvine Center Drive
Irvine, California 92618 |
| Email: |
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SELLER AUTHORIZATIONS
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Schedule 1
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PURCHASER NOTICES
JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association
383 Madison Avenue, 8th Floor
New York, New York 10179
Attn: Jonathan Davis
Email: ***
Phone***
JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association
4 New York Plaza, 21st Floor
New York, New York 10004
Attn: SPG Legal
JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association
500 Stanton Christiana Road
Newark, Delaware 19713-2107
Attn: Sophia Redzaj
Email: ***
CC: ***
PURCHASER AUTHORIZATIONS
Schedule 1
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EXHIBIT A
TAKEOUT ASSIGNMENT
Commitment
___________________________________(“Takeout Investor”)
(Address)
Attention: ___________________________
Gentlemen:
Attached hereto is a correct and complete copy of your confirmation of commitment (the “Commitment”), documenting your purchase of mortgage-backed pass-through securities (“Securities”) under the following trade terms:
Seller: Pool Type:
Trade Date: Settlement Date:
Amount: Purchase Price:
Coupon:
Agency:
Trade Stipulations (if any): __ (a) Government National Mortgage Association
__ (b) Federal National Mortgage Association
__ (c) Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation This is to confirm that (i) the Commitment is in full force and effect, (ii) the Commitment has been assigned to JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association (“Purchaser”), whose acceptance of such assignment is indicated below, (iii) you will accept delivery of such Securities directly from Purchaser and (iv) you will pay Purchaser for such Securities. Payment will be made “delivery versus payment (DVP)” to Purchaser in immediately available funds. Purchaser shall have the right to require you to fulfill your obligation to purchase the Securities.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligation to deliver the Securities to you shall be that of Seller and your sole recourse for the failure of such delivery shall be against Seller.
Exhibit A-1
LEGAL02/43085055v3
Please execute this letter in the space provided below and send it by email immediately to Purchaser at Jonathan.p.davis@jpmorgan.com immediately, with copies to Sophia.redzaj@jpmorgan.com and spg_mf_team@jpmorgan.com.
Very truly yours,
LOANDEPOT.COM, LLC, as Seller
By:
Title:
Date:
Agreed to:
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By:
Title:
Date:
Agreed to:
TAKEOUT BUYER
By:
Title:
Date:
Exhibit A-2
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EXHIBIT B
MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE DATA FIELDS
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Exhibit B
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EXHIBIT C
[LETTERHEAD OF THE SELLER]
(date)
JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association
383 Madison Avenue, 8th Floor
New York, New York 10179
Dear Sirs:
The Seller’s wire transfer instructions for purposes of all remittances and payments related to this Agreement are as follows:
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Very truly yours,
loanDepot.com, LLC
By:
Name:
Title:
Exhibit C
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EXHIBIT D
[FORM OF OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE SELLER]
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Exhibit A
LEGAL02/42672333v3
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