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Real estate mortgage investment conduits Pooling and servicing agreement. TABLE OF CONTENTS ARTICLE I. Definitions Agreement Appraised Value Bankruptcy Bond Business Day Buydown Earnings Buydown Funds Buydown Mortgage Loan Certificate Certificate Account Certificateholder or Holder Certificate Register and Certificate Registrar Company Corporate Trust Office Custodial Agreement Custodian Cut-off Date Determination Date Distribution Date Due Date Dwelling Eligible Account Event of Default FHLMC FNMA Fractional Undivided Interest Insurance Policy Insurance Proceeds Insured Expenses Insurer Liquidation Expenses Liquidation Proceeds Loan-to-Value Ratio Master Servicer Monthly Advance Mortgage Mortgage File Mortgage Loans Mortgage Note Mortgaged Property Mortgagor Nonrecoverable Advance Officers' Certificate Opinion of Counsel [Parent] Pass-Through Rate Permitted Investments Person Primary Insurance Policy Principal Balance Principal Prepayment Program Guide Qualified Insurer Rating Agency Record Date Required Insurance Policies Residential Funding Responsible Officer Servicing Accounts Servicing Officer Single Certificate Special Hazard Insurance Policy Special Hazard Insurers Sub-Servicer Sub-Servicing Account Sub-Servicing Agreements Trustee Trust Fund Trust Receipt Uninsured Cause ARTICLE II. Conveyance of Mortgage Loans; Original Issuance of Certificates 2.01. Conveyance of Mortgage Loans 2.02. Acceptance by Trustee 2.03. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Master Servicer 2.04. Authentication of Certificates ARTICLE III. Administration and Servicing of Mortgage Loans 3.01. Master Servicer to Act as Servicer 3.02. Sub-Servicing Agreements Between Master Servicer and Sub-Servicers 3.03. Successor Sub-Servicers 3.04. Liability of the Master Servicer 3.05. No Contractual Relationship Between Sub-Servicer and Trustee or Certificateholders 3.06. Assumption or Termination of Sub-Servicing Agreement by Trustee 3.07. Collection of Certain Mortgage Loan Payments; Certificate Account 3.08. Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items; Servicing Accounts 3.09. Access to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding the Mortgage Loans 3.10. Permitted Withdrawals From the Certificate Account 3.11. Maintenance of the Insurance Policy and Primary Insurance Policies; Collections under them 3.12. Maintenance of Hazard Insurance, the Special Hazard Insurance Policy and Errors and Omissions and Fidelity Coverage 3.13. Enforcement of Due-On-Sale Clauses; Assumption Agreements 3.14. Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans 3.15. Trustee to Cooperate; Release of Mortgage Files 3.16. Servicing Compensation 3.17. Reports to the Trustee and the Company; Certificate Account Statements 3.18. Annual Statement as to Compliance 3.19. Annual Independent Public Accountants' Servicing Report 3.20. Application of Buydown Funds 3.21. Maintenance of the Bankruptcy Bond; Collections under it 3.22. Rights of the Company In Respect of the Master Servicer ARTICLE IV. Payments to Certificateholders 4.01. Distributions 4.02. Statements to Certificateholders 4.03. Distribution of Reports to the Trustee and the Company; Advances by the Master Servicer 4.04. Reports of Foreclosures and Abandonments of Mortgaged Property ARTICLE V. The Certificates 5.01. The Certificates 5.02. Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates 5.03. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates 5.04. Persons Deemed Owners ARTICLE VI. The Company and the Master Servicer 6.01. Respective Liabilities of the Company and the Master Servicer 6.02. Merger or Consolidation of the Company, and the Master Servicer 6.03. Limitation on Liability of the Company, the Master Servicer and Others 6.04. Company and Master Servicer Not to Resign 6.05. Appointment of Office or Agency ARTICLE VII. Default 7.01. Events of Default 7.02. Trustee or Company to Act; Appointment of Successor 7.03. Notification to Certificateholders ARTICLE VIII. Concerning the Trustee 8.01. Duties of Trustee 8.02. Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee 8.03. Trustee Not Liable for Certificates or Mortgage Loans 8.04. Trustee May Own Certificates 8.05. Master Servicer to Pay Trustee's Fees and Expenses 8.06. Eligibility Requirements for Trustee 8.07. Resignation and Removal of the Trustee 8.08. Successor Trustee 8.09. Merger or Consolidation of Trustee 8.10. Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee 8.11. Appointment of Custodians ARTICLE IX. Termination 9.01. Termination Upon Repurchase by the Company or Liquidation of All Mortgage Loans ARTICLE X. Miscellaneous Provisions 10.01. Amendment 10.02. Recordation of Agreement 10.03. Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders 10.04. Governing Law 10.05. Notices 10.06. Severability of Provisions 10.00. Signatures 10.00. Acknowledgments This Pooling and Servicing Agreement, effective as of _________ 1, _________[year], between _________, as Seller (the "Company"), _________, as Master Servicer (the "Master Servicer"), and _________, as Trustee (the "Trustee"), provides: In consideration of the mutual agreements contained in this agreement, the Company, the Master Servicer and the Trustee agree as follows: ARTICLE I. Definitions Whenever used in this Agreement, the following words and phrases, unless the context otherwise requires, shall have the meanings specified in this Article. [This Agreement relates to two Trust Funds interests in which are evidenced by Certificates designated as Series _________[year] and Series _________[year] , respectively, each such series having its own Pass-Through Rate. Accordingly, the following definitions as well as all other provisions of this Agreement should be construed as relating separately to each Trust Fund and the Certificates evidencing interests in such Trust Fund.] Agreement: This Pooling and Servicing Agreement and all amendments of and supplements to it. Appraised Value: The appraised value of the Mortgaged Property based upon the appraisal made for the originator at the time of the origination of the related Mortgage Loan, or the sales price of the Mortgaged Property, whichever is less. Bankruptcy Bond: The bankruptcy bond for proceedings under the federal Bankruptcy Code, a form of which is attached as Exhibit D to this Agreement. Business Day: Any day other than (i) a Saturday or a Sunday, or (ii) a day on which banking institutions in _________ are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to be closed. Buydown Earnings: Earnings from the investment of buydown Funds while the same are held in an interest-bearing custodial account pursuant to Section 3.20. Buydown Funds: Any amount contributed by the seller of a Mortgaged Property, the Company or another source in order to enable the Mortgagor to reduce the payments required to be made by the Mortgagor from the Mortgagor's funds in the early years of a Mortgage Loan. Buydown Mortgage Loan: Any Mortgage Loan as to which a specified amount of interest is paid out of related Buydown Funds in accordance with a related buydown agreement. Certificate: Any one of the certificates executed by the Company and authenticated by the Certificate Registrar in substantially the following form, with the blanks therein appropriately completed, for Series 198 , the bracketed material indicating the changes therefrom for Series 198 . [Form of Face of Certificate]
CONDUIT MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE evidencing a fractional undivided interest in a pool of conventional single-family mortgage loans formed and sold by _________(Name of Business) This Certificate does not represent an obligation of or interest in (Company), or the Master Servicer or any of their affiliates. Neither this Certificate nor the underlying Mortgage Loans are guaranteed by any governmental agency or instrumentality. This certifies that _________ is the registered owner of a /th fractional undivided interest in a pool (the "Pool") of conventional single-family mortgage loans (the "Mortgage Loans"), formed and sold by the "Company", which term includes any successor entity under the Agreement referred to below. The Pool was created pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as specified above (the "Agreement") among the Company, the Master Servicer and _________, as trustee (the "Trustee"), a summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of which is set forth below. To the extent not defined in this Certificate, the capitalized terms used in this Certificate have the meanings assigned in the Agreement. This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Agreement, to which Agreement the holder of this Certificate by virtue of the acceptance of this Certificate assents and by which such holder is bound. Terms which are defined in the Agreement and which are used but not defined in this Certificate shall have the respective meanings in this Certificate as they have in the Agreement. The Master Servicer promises to distribute on the 25th day of each month or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day, the Business Day immediately following (the "Distribution Date"), commencing on the First Distribution Date specified above, to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered at the close of business on the last day (or if such last day is not a Business Day, the Business Day immediately preceding such last day) of the month next preceding the month of such distribution (the "Record Date"), an amount equal to the product of the fractional undivided interest evidenced by this Certificate and the aggregate of all previously undistributed (a) payments on account of principal (including Principal Prepayments, if any) and interest on the Mortgage Loans subject at any time to the Agreement received by the Master Servicer after the Cut-off Date as specified above and prior to the 15th day (or if such 15th day is not a Business Day, the Business Day immediately preceding such 15th day) of the month of such distribution (the "Determination Date"), (b) any Buydown Funds and Buydown Earnings deposited in the Certificate Account on or before the Distribution Date and (c) certain funds required by the Agreement to be deposited by the Master Servicer due to the operation of certain deductible clauses in blanket policies maintained by the Master Servicer, if any, against hazard losses, except: (i) all payments which were due on or before the Cut-off Date; (ii) all Principal Prepayments received during the month of distribution and all payments of interest representing interest for the month of distribution or any portion of it; (iii) all scheduled payments of principal and interest due on a date or dates subsequent to the first day of the month of distribution; (iv) amounts received on particular Mortgage Loans as late payments of principal or interest and respecting which there is an unreimbursed advance; (v) amounts representing reimbursement for other advances which the Master Servicer has determined to be otherwise nonrecoverable and amounts representing reimbursement for certain losses and expenses incurred by the Master Servicer or the Company and described in the Agreement; (vi) that portion of each payment of interest on a particular Mortgage Loan which, when deducted, will make the portion of that payment distributed equal to interest at the Pass-Through Rate on the Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan outstanding during the period for which such payment was received; and (vii) where permitted by the Agreement, that portion of the proceeds of the liquidation of defaulted Mortgage Loans which represents unpaid servicing compensation of the Master Servicer. For the purposes of this Certificate, amounts received by the Master Servicer in connection with the liquidation of defaulted Mortgage Loans through Insurance Proceeds, foreclosure or trustee's sales proceeds or otherwise shall be deemed to be amounts received on Mortgage Loans. In addition, the Master Servicer shall include with any such monthly distribution an amount equal to principal payments and interest payments (adjusted to the Pass-Through Rate) due on the first day of the month of distribution and delinquent as of the close of business on the Business Day prior to the Distribution Date, subject to the Master Servicer's determination that such payments are recoverable from Insurance Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds. Distributions on this Certificate will be made by the Master Servicer by wire transfer in immediately available funds for the account of the Person entitled to them if such Person shall have so notified the Master Servicer, or by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled to them, as such name and address shall appear on the Certificate Register. Notwithstanding the above, the final distribution on this Certificate will be made after due notice by the Company of the pendency of such distribution and only upon presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the office or agency appointed by the Company for that purpose in the City and State of _________. Reference is here made to the further provisions of this Certificate set forth below, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place. Unless the certificate of authentication on this Certificate has been executed by the Certificate Registrar, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any purpose. In Witness of which, the Company has caused this Certificate to be duly executed under its official seal. Dated: By _________, Vice President [Seal] Attest: _________, Assistant Secretary [Form of Certificate of Authentication] This is one of the Certificates referred to in the within-mentioned Agreement. _______________ Certificate Registrar By _________, Authorized Officer [Form of Reverse of Certificate] This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates designated as Conduit Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates of the Series and Pass-Through Rate specified on this Certificate (the "Certificates") and representing the fractional undivided interest set forth above in (i) the Mortgage Loans, (ii) such assets as from time to time may be identified as deposited in the certificate account created by the Master Servicer pursuant to the Agreement (the "Certificate Account"), (iii) property which secured a Mortgage Loan and which has been acquired by foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure, (iv) the Insurance Policy hereinafter referred to and the Primary Insurance Policies, if any, and Bankruptcy Bond referred to in the Agreement and (v) the Special Hazard Insurance Policy referred to in the Agreement (the Mortgage Loans, such assets deposited in the Certificate Account, such property and such Insurance Policy, Special Hazard Insurance Policy, Primary Insurance Policies and Bankruptcy Bond being collectively called the "Trust Fund" below). The Certificates are limited in right of payment to certain collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more specifically set forth in this Certificate and in the Agreement. In the event Master Servicer funds are advanced with respect to any Mortgage Loan, such advance is reimbursable to the Master Servicer from related recoveries on such Mortgage Loan or from other cash deposited in the Certificate Account to the extent that such advance is not otherwise recoverable. The Master Servicer has obtained, and has agreed to exercise its best reasonable efforts, subject to certain limitations as to cost in the case of any replacement policies for them, to maintain for as long as Certificates shall be outstanding, a mortgage guaranty insurance policy or policies (the "Insurance Policy") for the benefit of Certificateholders. The Insurance Policy is limited in scope and amount and may be examined, together with the Agreement, during normal business hours at the principal office of the Master Servicer by any Certificateholder on request. As provided in the Agreement, withdrawals from the Certificate Account may be made by the Master Servicer from time to time for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement to the Company and the Master Servicer of advances made, or certain expenses incurred, by either of them. The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions provided in it, the amendment of the Agreement and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the Master Servicer and the rights of the Certificateholders under the Agreement at any time by the Company, the Master Servicer and the Trustee with the consent of the holders of Certificates evidencing fractional undivided interests aggregating not less than 66% of the Trust Fund. Any such consent by the holder of this Certificate shall be conclusive and binding on such holder and upon all future holders of this Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon the transfer of this certificate or in exchange for or in lieu of it whether or not notation of such consent is made upon this Certificate. The Agreement also permits the amendment of itself in certain circumstances, without the consent of the holders of any of the Certificates. As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations set forth in the agreement, the transfer of this Certificate is registrable in the Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of transfer at the offices or agencies appointed by the Company in the City and State of _________, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by an assignment in the form below or other written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the holder of this certificate or such holder's attorney duly authorized in writing, and one or more new Certificates of authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate fractional undivided interest in the Trust Fund will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. The Certificates are issuable only as registered Certificates without coupons in denominations of one or any other positive whole number divided by the denominator specified on this Certificate. As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations set forth in it, Certificates are exchangeable for new Certificates of authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate fractional undivided interest in the Trust Fund, as requested by the holder surrendering the same. No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection with such registration. The Company, the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar and any agent of the Company, the Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner of it for all purposes, and neither the Company, the Trustee, nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary. The obligations created by the Agreement and the Trust Fund created by it shall terminate upon (i) the later of the maturity or other liquidation (including repurchase by the Company) of the last Mortgage Loan subject to it or the disposition of all property acquired upon foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure of any Mortgage Loan, and (ii) the payment to Certificateholders of all amounts held by the Company and required to be paid to them pursuant to the Agreement. The Agreement permits, but does not require, the Company to repurchase from the Trust Fund all Mortgage Loans at the time subject to it and all property acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan at a price equal to the greater of (a) the principal amount of such Mortgage Loans plus the appraised value of such property as provided in the Agreement or (b) the aggregate market value of the Certificates determined as provided in the Agreement, in each case together with accrued interest on the Mortgage Loans at the Pass-Through Rate as provided in the Agreement. The exercise of such right will effect early retirement of the Certificates, the Company's right to repurchase being subject to the aggregate Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans at the time of repurchase being less than 10% of the aggregate Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans at the Cut-off Date. ASSIGNMENT For Value Received the undersigned by this instrument sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto _________(Please print or typewrite name and address including postal zip code of assignee) a fractional undivided interest equal to /th of the Trust Fund evidenced by this Conduit Mortgage Pass-Through Certificate and authorizes the transfer of registration of such interest to assignee on the Certificate Register of the Trust Fund. I (we) further direct the Certificate Registrar to issue a new Certificate of a fractional undivided interest equal to /th, to the above named assignee and deliver such Certificate to the following address: _________
_________, Signature Guaranteed DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS The assignee should include the following for the information of _________: Distributions shall be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to _________ for the account of _________ account number _________, or, if mailed by check, to _________. Applicable statements should be mailed to _________. This information is provided by _________, the assignee named above, or _________ as its agent. Certificate Account: The custodial account or accounts created and maintained pursuant to Section 3.07, which shall be entitled "[Trustee]," Conduit Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series [as specified on the face of the Certificate] and which must be an Eligible Account. Funds deposited in the Certificate Account shall be held in trust for the Certificateholders for the uses and purposes set forth in Sections 3.07, 3.10 and 4.03. Certificateholder or Holder: The Person in whose name a Certificate is registered in the Certificate Register, except that, solely for the purpose of giving any consent pursuant to this Agreement, any Certificate registered in the name of the Company, the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer or any affiliate of them shall be deemed not to be outstanding and the Fractional Undivided Interest evidenced by the certificate shall not be taken into account in determining whether the requisite percentage of Fractional Undivided Interests necessary to effect any such consent has been obtained. Certificate Register and Certificate Registrar: The register maintained and the registrar appointed pursuant to Section 5.02. Company: _________, a _________ corporation, or its successor in interest. Corporate Trust Office: The principal office of the Trustee in the State of _________ at which at any particular time its corporate business shall be administered, which office at the date of the execution of this instrument is located at _________. Custodial Agreement: An Agreement entered into among the Company, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and a Custodian in the form of Exhibit A to this agreement. Custodian: A Custodian appointed pursuant to a Custodial Agreement. Cut-off Date: The date specified as the Cut-off Date on the face of a Certificate. Determination Date: The 15th day (or if such 15th day is not a Business Day, the Business Day immediately preceding such 15th day) of the month of the related Distribution Date. Distribution Date: The 25th day of any month beginning in the month immediately following the month of the initial issuance of the Certificates or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day, the Business Day immediately following. Due Date: The first day of the month of the related Distribution Date. Dwelling: A residential property consisting of one structure or unit or one primary structure along with structures or outbuildings (which may include living quarters) subordinate to the primary structure. Eligible Account: An account that is either (i) maintained with a depository institution the debt obligations of which have been rated by each Rating Agency in one of its two highest rating categories, or (ii) an account or accounts the deposits in which are fully insured by either the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation, or (iii) an account or accounts, in a depository institution in which such accounts are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (to the limits established by such Corporations), the uninsured deposits in which accounts are otherwise secured such that, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel delivered to the Trustee, the Certificateholders have a claim with respect to the funds in such account or a perfected first security interest against any collateral (which shall be limited to Permitted Investments) securing such funds that is superior to claims of any other depositors or creditors of the depository institution with which such account is maintained. Event of Default: As defined in Section 7.01. FHLMC: Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, a corporate instrumentality of the United States created and existing under Title III of the Emergency Home Finance Act of 1970, as amended, or any successor to it. FNMA: Federal National Mortgage Association, a federally chartered and privately owned corporation organized and existing under the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act, or any successor to it. Fractional Undivided Interest: The fractional undivided interest in the Trust Fund evidenced by a Certificate. Insurance Policy: The pool mortgage guaranty insurance policy, a form of which is attached as Exhibit C to this Agreement or any replacement insurance policy obtained by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.11. Insurance Proceeds: Proceeds paid pursuant to the Insurance Policy, Bankruptcy Bond or Primary Insurance Policies, if any, and pursuant to the Special Hazard Insurance Policy when the related property has not been restored and amounts paid by any insurer pursuant to any other insurance policy covering a Mortgage Loan. Insured Expenses: Expenses covered by the Insurance Policy, any Primary Insurance Policy, the Bankruptcy Bond or the Special Hazard Insurance Policy or any replacement insurance policy or policies or any other insurance policy. Insurer: _________, a _________ corporation, or any successor to it or the named insurer in any replacement policy obtained by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.11. Liquidation Expenses: Reasonable expenses which are incurred by the Master Servicer in connection with the liquidation of any defaulted Mortgage Loan and not recovered by the Master Servicer under the Insurance Policy or any Primary Insurance Policy, for reasons other than the Master Servicer's failure to comply with Section 3.11, such expenses including, without limitation, legal fees and expenses, any unreimbursed amount expended by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.12 respecting the related Mortgage Loan and any related and unreimbursed expenditures for real estate property taxes or for property restoration or preservation to the extent not previously reimbursed under the Special Hazard Insurance Policy. Liquidation Proceeds: Cash (other than Insurance Proceeds) received in connection with the liquidation of defaulted Mortgage Loans, whether through trustee's sale, foreclosure sale or otherwise. Loan-to-Value Ratio: As of any date, the fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the current principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan at the date of determination and the denominator of which is the Appraised Value of the related Mortgaged Property. Master Servicer: _________, a _________ corporation, or its successor in interest, or any successor Master Servicer appointed as provided in Section 7.02. Monthly Advance: The aggregate of the advances made on any Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.03, the amount of any such Monthly Advance being equal to the aggregate of payments of principal and interest on the Mortgage Loans which were due on the Due Date and delinquent as of the close of business on the Business Day next preceding such Distribution Date, after adjustment of any delinquent interest payment to interest at the Pass-Through Rate, less the amount of any advances which Master Servicer has determined would constitute Nonrecoverable Advances if made. Mortgage: The mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument creating a first lien on an estate in fee simple interest in real property securing a Mortgage Note. Mortgage File: The mortgage documents listed in Section 2.01 pertaining to a particular Mortgage Loan and any additional documents required to be added to the Mortgage File pursuant to this Agreement. Mortgage Loans: Such of the mortgage loans transferred and assigned to the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.01 as from time to time are held as a part of the Trust Fund, the Mortgage Loans originally so held being identified in Exhibit B to this agreement. Exhibit B shall identify each Mortgage Loan by loan number, address of the Mortgaged Property and name of the Mortgagor and shall set forth as to each Mortgage Loan the Appraised Value of the Mortgaged Property, the Loan-to-Value Ratio at origination of the Mortgage Loan, including any secondary financing, the Principal Balance as of the Cut-off Date, the interest rate borne by the Mortgage Note, the current scheduled monthly payment of principal and interest and the maturity of the Mortgage Note. Mortgage Note: The originally executed note or other evidence of indebtedness evidencing the indebtedness of a Mortgagor under a Mortgage Loan. Mortgaged Property: The underlying property securing a Mortgage Loan. Mortgagor: The obligor on a Mortgage Note. Nonrecoverable Advance: Any advance previously made or proposed to be made by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 4.03 which, in the good faith judgment of the Master Servicer, will not or, in the case of a proposed advance, would not be ultimately recoverable by the Master Servicer from Insurance Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds. The determination by the Master Servicer that it has made a Nonrecoverable Advance or that any proposed advance, if made, would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance, shall be evidenced by an Officers' Certificate of the Master Servicer delivered to the Trustee and detailing the reasons for such determination. In the event that the reasons shall relate to a general inability to recover under the Insurance Policy (as opposed to an inability so to recover for reasons peculiar to a particular Mortgage Loan), notice of such determination shall be mailed by the Master Servicer promptly to each Certificateholder. Officers' Certificate: A certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board, the President or a Vice President or Assistant Vice President, and by the Treasurer, the Secretary, or one of the Assistant Treasurers or Assistant Secretaries of the Company or the Master Servicer, as the case may be, and delivered to the Trustee, as required by this Agreement. Opinion of Counsel: A written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel for the Company or the Master Servicer, who is or are acceptable to the Trustee. [Parent: _________.] Pass-Through Rate: [The annual rate of interest specified on the face of the Certificates] [As to each Mortgage Loan, the annual rate of interest borne by the Mortgage Loan minus _____% per annum in the case of a Mortgage Loan contained in the Trust Fund interests in which are evidenced by the Certificates designated as Series _________[year] and minus _____% per annum in the case of a Mortgage Loan contained in the Trust Fund interests in which are evidenced by the Certificates designated as Series _________[year]], any regular monthly remittance of interest at such rate being based upon annual interest at such rate on the Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loan divided by twelve and any partial remittance of interest at such rate by reason of a Principal Prepayment being based upon annual interest at such rate on the prepaid Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loan multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of days elapsed since the last scheduled Due Date for a payment on the related Mortgage Note such date of prepayment and the denominator of which is 365. Permitted Investments: One or more of the following: (i) obligations of, or guaranteed as to principal and interest by, the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof when such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States; (ii) repurchase agreements on obligations specified in clause (i) maturing not more than three months from the date of its acquisition, provided that the unsecured obligations of the party agreeing to repurchase such obligations are at the time rated by each Rating Agency in one of its two highest rating categories; (iii) federal funds, certificates of deposit, time deposits and bankers' acceptances of any United States depository institution or trust company incorporated under the laws of the United States or any state provided that the debt obligations of such depository institution or trust company (or, in the case of the principal depository institution in a depository institution holding company) at the date of acquisition of it have been rated by each Rating Agency in one of its two highest rating categories; and (iv) commercial paper of any corporation incorporated under the laws of the United States or any state of them which on the date of acquisition has been rated by each Rating Agency in its highest rating category. Person: Any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision of it. Primary Insurance Policy: Each primary policy of mortgage guaranty insurance or any replacement policy for it referred to in Section 3.11, relating to (i) any Mortgage Loan with a Loan-to-Value Ratio at origination in excess of 80%, [specify any other requirements]. Principal Balance: As of the time of any determination, the principal balance of a Mortgage Loan remaining to be paid by the Mortgagor or from any Buydown Funds at the close of business on the Cut-off Date, after deduction of all payments due on or before the Cut-off Date and not paid, reduced by all amounts distributed to Certificateholders and reported to them as allocable to principal. Principal Prepayment: Any payment or other recovery of principal on a Mortgage Loan which is received in advance of its scheduled Due Date and is not accompanied by an amount as to interest representing scheduled interest due on any date or dates in any month or months subsequent to the month of prepayment. Program Guide: The Lender Operating Manual relating to Residential Funding's mortgage loan purchase program and all program bulletins published by Residential Funding from time to time. Qualified Insurer: A mortgage guaranty insurance company duly qualified as such under the laws of the state of its principal place of business and each other state having jurisdiction over such company in connection with the Insurance Policy duly authorized and licensed by the insurance regulatory authority of the state of its principal place of business and, to the extent required by applicable law, each such other state to transact a mortgage guaranty insurance business in such state and each such other state and to write the insurance provided by the Insurance Policy and approved as an insurer by FHLMC or FNMA. Rating Agency: Any statistical credit rating agency that rated the Certificates at the request of the Company at the time of the initial issuance of the Certificates. References in this agreement to the two highest rating categories of a Rating Agency shall mean such ratings without any plus or minuse.g., AAA and AA in the case of Standard & Poor's Corporation. Record Date: The last day of the month (or if such last day is not a Business Day, the Business Day immediately preceding such last day) next preceding the month of the related Distribution Date. Required Insurance Policies: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, all insurance policies which are required to be maintained from time to time under this Agreement, the Program Guide or the related Sub-Servicing Agreement. Residential Funding: Funding Corporation, a _________ corporation affiliated with the Company. Responsible Officer: When used with respect to the Trustee, the Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors or Trustees, the Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Executive or Standing Committee of the Board of Directors or Trustees, the President, the Chairman of the Committee on Trust Matters, any Vice President, any Assistant Vice President, the Secretary, any Assistant Secretary, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Cashier, any Assistant Cashier, any Trust Officer or Assistant Trust Officer, the Controller and any Assistant Controller or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and also, with respect to a particular matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of such officer's knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject. Servicing Accounts: account or accounts created and maintained pursuant to Section 3.08. Servicing Officer: Any officer of the Master Servicer involved in, or responsible for, the administration and servicing of the Mortgage Loans whose name appears on a list of servicing officers furnished to the Trustee by the Master Servicer, as such list may from time to time be amended. Single Certificate: A Certificate evidencing a Fractional Undivided Interest having a numerator of one and the denominator specified on the face of the Certificate. Special Hazard Insurance Policy: The Special Hazard Insurance Policy, a form of which is attached as Exhibit E to this Agreement or any replacement policy obtained by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.12. Special Hazard Insurers: _________ or the named insurer in any replacement policy obtained by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.12. Sub-Servicer: Any Person with whom the Master Servicer has entered into a Sub-Servicing Agreement and who satisfies any requirements set forth in the Program Guide in respect of the qualification of a Sub-Servicer. Sub-Servicing Account: An account established by a Sub-Servicer, which must be an Eligible Account and is otherwise acceptable to the Master Servicer. Sub-Servicing Agreements: The written contract between the Master Servicer and any Sub-Servicer relating to servicing and/or administration of certain Mortgage Loans as provided in Section 3.02, a form of which is attached to this agreement as Exhibit F. Trustee: _________, or its successor in interest, or any successor trustee as provided in this agreement. Trust Fund: The corpus of each trust created by this agreement, consisting of the Mortgage Loans, such assets as shall from time to time be identified as deposited in the Certificate Account, property which secured a Mortgage Loan and which has been acquired by foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure, the Insurance Policy, the Special Hazard Insurance Policy, the Bankruptcy Bond and the Primary Insurance Policies, if any. Trust Receipt: A trust receipt the form of which is attached as Exhibit H to this agreement. Uninsured Cause: Any cause of damage to property subject to a Mortgage such that the complete restoration of such property is not fully reimbursable by the hazard insurance policies or the Special Hazard Insurance Policy required to be maintained pursuant to Section 3.12. ARTICLE II. Conveyance of Mortgage Loans; Original Issuance of Certificates Section 2.01. Conveyance of Mortgage Loans. The Company, concurrently with the execution and delivery of this agreement, by this agreement assigns to the Trustee without recourse all the right, title and interest of the Company in and to the Mortgage Loans, including all interest and principal received by the Company on or with respect to the Mortgage Loans after the Cut-off Date (other than payments of principal and interest due on the Mortgage Loans on or before the Cut-off Date). In connection with such assignment, the Company by this agreement delivers to, and deposits with, the Trustee, or to one or more Custodians, as the duly appointed agent or agents of the Trustee for such purpose, the following documents or instruments with respect to each Mortgage Loan so assigned: (i) The Mortgage Note, endorsed without recourse to the order of the Trustee and showing an unbroken chain of endorsements from the originator of it to the Person endorsing it to the Trustee; (ii) The Mortgage with evidence of recording indicated on it or a certified copy of the Mortgage in those instances where the public recording office retains the original; and (iii) An assignment (which may be included in a blanket assignment) of the Mortgage in recordable form to the Trustee, together with all recorded intervening assignments of it. In the event that in connection with any Mortgage Loan the Company cannot deliver the Mortgage with evidence of recording thereon concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement solely because of a delay caused by the public recording office where such Mortgage has been delivered for recordation, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee or the respective Custodian an Officers' Certificate or a certificate of the related Sub-Servicer, with a photocopy of such Mortgage attached to it, stating that such Mortgage has been delivered to the appropriate public recording official for recordation. The Company shall promptly deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee or the respective Custodian such Mortgage with evidence of recording indicated on it upon receipt of it from the public recording official or from the related Sub-Servicer. The Master Servicer shall promptly cause to be recorded in the appropriate public office for real property records each assignment referred to in this Section 2.01 unless the Master Servicer shall furnish to the Trustee an unqualified Opinion of Counsel to the effect that recordation of such assignment is not necessary to preserve the Trustee's interest in the related Mortgage Loan against the claim of any subsequent transferee of such Mortgage Loan or any successor to or creditor of the Company or the originator of such Mortgage Loan. While each assignment to be recorded is being recorded, the Company shall leave with the Trustee or the respective Custodian a photocopy of such assignment. Section 2.02. Acceptance by Trustee. The Trustee acknowledges receipt (or, with respect to Mortgage Loans subject to a Custodial Agreement, receipt by the respective Custodian as the duly appointed agent of the Trustee) of the documents referred to in Section 2.01 above and declares that it, or a Custodian as its agent, holds and will hold such documents and the other documents constituting a part of the Mortgage Files delivered to it in trust for the use and benefit of all present and future Certificateholders. The Trustee agrees, for the benefit of Certificateholders, to review each Mortgage File delivered to it within 45 days after the conveyance of the related Mortgage Loan to the Trustee (and each Mortgage that is not delivered upon such conveyance because of a delay at the recording office but is delivered at least 38 days after such conveyance, within seven days after the delivery of it to the Trustee) to ascertain that all required documents have been executed and received, and that such documents relate to the Mortgage Loans identified in Exhibit B annexed to this agreement, as supplemented, that have been delivered to it. If the Trustee finds any document or documents constituting a part of a Mortgage File to be defective in any material respect, the Trustee shall promptly so notify the Master Servicer. Pursuant to Section 2.3 of the Custodial Agreement, the Custodian will notify the Master Servicer of any such defect found by it in respect of any Mortgage File held by it. The Master Servicer shall have a period of 60 days after such notice within which to correct or cure any such defect. The Master Servicer covenants and agrees that, if any material defect cannot be corrected or cured, the Master Servicer will, not later than 90 days after the Trustee's or Custodian's notice to it respecting such defect, purchase the related Mortgage Loan from the Trustee at a price equal to (i) 100% of the Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the date of repurchase; plus (ii) accrued interest at the Pass-Through Rate to the first day of the month following repurchase. The purchase price for the repurchased Mortgage Loan shall be deposited by the Master Servicer in the Certificate Account maintained by it pursuant to Section 3.07 and, upon receipt by the Trustee of written notification of such deposit signed by a Servicing Officer, the Trustee, or the Custodian, as the case may be, shall release to the Master Servicer the related Mortgage File and the Trustee shall execute and deliver such instruments of transfer or assignment, in each case without recourse, as shall be necessary to vest in the Master Servicer or its designee any Mortgage Loan released pursuant to this agreement. It is understood and agreed that the obligation of the Master Servicer to repurchase any Mortgage Loan as to which a material defect in a constituent document exists shall constitute the sole remedy respecting such defect available to Certificateholders or the Trustee on behalf of Certificateholders. Section 2.03. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Master Servicer. (a). The Master Servicer by this agreement represents, warrants and covenants to the Trustee that: (i). The Master Servicer is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing its creation and existence and is duly authorized and qualified to transact any and all business contemplated by this agreement and possesses all requisite authority, power, licenses, permits and franchises to conduct its business and to execute, deliver and comply with its obligations under the terms of this Agreement, the execution, delivery and performance of which have been duly authorized by all necessary action. (ii). The Master Servicer will remain subject to supervision and examination by any state or Federal authorities as may be applicable (including Federal Housing Administration, FNMA and FHLMC authorities); will remain in good standing and qualified to do business under the laws of the state of its organization and of any other state where so required by applicable law, and will not dissolve or dispose of a substantial portion of its assets and will not voluntarily consolidate with or merge into any other entity or permit one or more other entities to consolidate with or merge into it. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Master Servicer may consolidate with or merge into another entity, or permit one or more entities to consolidate with or merge into it, or sell or otherwise transfer to another such entity all or substantially all of its assets as an entirety and dissolve, and the merger, consolidation, sale or transfer shall not constitute a breach of or default under this agreement if the surviving, resulting or transferee entity, as the case may be (A) is a direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of _________, a _________ corporation, (B) assumes in writing all of the obligations of the Master Servicer under this Agreement and (C) is a part to a support letter agreement with Parent that is satisfactory to the Company. (iii). The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Master Servicer and its performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement will not (A) violate the Master Servicer's Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws, (B) violate any law or regulation or any administrative decree or order to which it is subject or (C) constitute a default) under, (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in the breach of, any material contract, agreement or other instrument to which the Master Servicer is a party or which may be applicable to the Master Servicer or any of its assets. (iv). This Agreement, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Trustee and the Company, constitutes a valid, legal and binding obligation of the Master Servicer, enforceable against it in accordance with the terms of this agreement, except as the enforcement of it may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws affecting creditors' rights generally. (v). The Master Servicer is not in default with respect to any order or decree of any court or any order, regulation or demand of any Federal, state, municipal or governmental agency, which default might have consequences that would materially and adversely affect the condition (financial or other) or operations of the Master Servicer or its properties or might have consequences that would affect its performance under this agreement. (vi). The Master Servicer is not a party to or bound by any agreement or instrument or subject to any articles of incorporation, bylaws or any other corporate restriction of any judgment, order, writ, injunction, decree, law or regulation which now or in the future may materially and adversely affect the ability of the Master Servicer to perform its obligations under this agreement or which requires the consent of any third person to the execution of this agreement or the performance by the Master Servicer of its obligations under this agreement. (vii). No litigation is pending or, to the best of the Master Servicer's knowledge, threatened against the Master Servicer which would prohibit its entering into this Agreement or performing its obligations under this agreement. (viii). The Master Servicer is and will at all times be an FNMA and FHLMC-approved servicer and will comply in the performance of this agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements of each insurer under each Required Insurance Policy. (ix). No information, certificate of an officer, statement furnished in writing or report delivered to the Company, any affiliate of the Company, or the Trustee by the Master Servicer will, to the knowledge of the Master Servicer, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit a material fact necessary to make the information, certificate, statement or report not misleading. (x). The Master Servicer has examined each existing and will examine each new Sub-Servicing Agreement and is or will be familiar with the terms of it. The terms of each existing Sub-Servicing Agreement and each designated Sub-Servicer have been approved by and are acceptable to the Master Servicer and any new Sub-Servicing Agreements or Sub-Servicers will be so approved and will comply with the provisions of Section 3.02. Each approved Sub-Servicer is or will be a mortgage loan servicing company approved by FNMA and FHLMC as an approved seller and servicer of single-family conventional, residential mortgage loans. (b). The Master Servicer by this agreement makes the representations and warranties set forth in Exhibit G to this agreement and the following representations and warranties: (i). The information set forth in Exhibit B to this agreement is true and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such information is furnished; (ii). The property subject to each Mortgage is a one- to four-family residence [owner-occupied], as of the date of origination of the related Mortgage Loan, consisting of one Dwelling, and located in the state indicated on Exhibit B and each Mortgagor as of the date of origination of the related Mortgage Loan is a natural person, except that, with respect to certain Mortgage Loans secured by property located in the State of Illinois, the related Mortgagor may be a trust; (iii). No Mortgage Loan had a Loan-to-Value Ratio at origination in excess of 95%, [and no Mortgage Loan which is secured by a second or vacation home had a Loan-to-Value Ratio at origination in excess of 80%]; each Mortgage Loan with a Loan-to-Value Ratio at origination in excess of 80% is insured by a Primary Insurance Policy which insures the portion of the principal amount of such Mortgage Loan which is in excess of 75% of the Appraised Value of the related Mortgage Property; [specify requirements] and as of the date of the initial issuance of the Certificates, the claims-paying ability of each insurer under each such Primary Insurance Policy is acceptable to each Rating Agency for mortgage pass-through certificates rated in one of its two highest rating categories; (iv). No Mortgage Loan had an original principal balance greater than $500,000 or less than $30,000, and each Mortgage Loan complied with the following Loan-to-Value Ratios at origination based on the Appraised Value of the related Mortgaged Property:
and no Mortgage Loan secured by a Mortgaged Property subject to secondary financing at the origination of such Mortgage Loan had a combined Loan-to-Value Ratio at origination in excess of 90% for primary residences or _____% in the case of second or vacation homes properties; (v). [specify type of Mortgage Loan]; (vi). As of the date of the initial issuance of the Certificates, no more than 5% of the Mortgage Loans by Principal Balance are secured by units located in one condominium project or in a single housing development or in any one zip code area; (vii). As of the date of the initial issuance of the Certificates, no more than _____% of the Mortgage Loans by Principal Balance are secured by property located in the State of California and, with respect to Mortgage Loans secured by property located in the State of California, no more than 1% of the Mortgage Loans by Principal Balance are secured by Mortgaged Properties located in one condominium project or in a single housing development or any one zip code area; (viii). With respect to each Mortgaged Property that is a condominium unit in a newly constructed condominium project and on the basis of representations of the developer of such project or the appraiser for such Mortgaged Property, at least 70%, or such lesser percentage, not less than 51%, as the Master Servicer deems appropriate on the basis of information provided to it, of the condominium units in such project have been sold or committed for sale at the time of the origination of the Mortgage Loan secured by such Mortgaged Property; and with respect to each Mortgaged Property that is a condominium unit in a condominium project that is not newly constructed and on the basis of representations of the condominium association or the appraiser for such Mortgaged Property, no more than 30% of the units in such project were for sale at the origination of the related Mortgage Loan; at the time of origination of each Mortgage Loan secured by a condominium unit, 70% of the condominium units in a newly constructed condominium project have been sold or committed for purchase and 60% of the condominium units in an existing condominium project have been represented by the condominium association, project developer or the appraiser of the related Mortgaged Property to be owner-occupied; (ix). No Buydown Mortgage Loan with a Loan-to-Value Ratio at origination of 90% or less involves Buydown Funds contributed by the seller of the related Mortgaged Property in excess of 15% of the Appraised Value of such property, no Buydown Mortgage Loan with a Loan-to-Value Ratio at origination of more than 90% involves Buydown Funds contributed by the seller of the related Mortgaged Property in excess of 10% of the Appraised Value of such property, and no Buydown Mortgage Loan involves Buydown Funds in excess of _____% of its Principal Balance at the Cut-off Date; (x). No Buydown Mortgage Loan provides for a reduction in interest rate of more than five percentage points in any given year, and no buydown period exceeds five years; and (xi). Buydown Mortgage Loans do not represent in excess of _____% of the aggregate Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans at the Cut-off Date. It is understood and agreed that the representations and warranties set forth in this Section 2.03(b) (including those set forth in Exhibit G to this agreement) shall survive delivery of the respective Mortgage Files to the Trustee or any Custodian. Upon discovery by either the Company, the Master Servicer, the Trustee or any Custodian of a breach of any of the foregoing representations and warranties which materially and adversely affects the interests of the Certificateholders in the related Mortgage Loan, the party discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice to the other parties. Within 90 days of its discovery or its receipt of notice of breach, the Master Servicer shall cure such breach in all material respects or shall repurchase the Mortgage Loan from the Trustee. Any such repurchase by the Master Servicer shall be accomplished in the manner and at the repurchase price set forth in Section 2.02. It is understood and agreed that the obligation of the Master Servicer to repurchase any Mortgage Loan as to which a breach has occurred and is continuing shall constitute the sole remedy respecting such breach available to Certificateholders or the Trustee on behalf of Certificateholders. Section 2.04. Authentication of Certificates. The Trustee acknowledges the assignment to it of the Mortgage Loans and the delivery of the Mortgage Files to it or any Custodian on its behalf, and, concurrently with such delivery, has caused to be authenticated and delivered to or upon the order of the Company, in exchange for the Mortgage Loans, Certificates duly authenticated by the Certificate Registrar in authorized denominations evidencing the entire ownership of the Trust Fund. ARTICLE III. Administration and Servicing of Mortgage Loans Section 3.01. Master Servicer to Act as Servicer. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans and shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or through Sub-Servicers as provided in Section 3.02, to do any and all things which it may deem necessary or desirable in connection with such servicing and administration, including but not limited to the power and authority, subject to the terms of this agreement, (i) to execute and deliver customary consents or waivers and other instruments and documents, (ii) to consent to transfers of any Mortgaged Property and assumptions of the Mortgage Notes and related Mortgages (but only in the manner provided in this agreement), (iii) to collect any Insurance Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds, and (iv) to effectuate foreclosure or other conversion of the ownership of the Mortgaged Property securing any Mortgage Loan; provided that the Master Servicer shall take no action which is inconsistent with or prejudices the interest of the Trustee or the Certificateholders in any Mortgage Loan or the rights and interest of the Trustee or the Certificateholders under this agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer in its own name or in the name of a Sub-Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when the Master Servicer or the Sub-Servicer, as the case may be, believes it appropriate in its best judgment, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee or any of them, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and with respect to the Mortgaged Properties. The Trustee shall furnish the Master Servicer with any powers of attorney and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer to service and administer the Mortgage Loans. In servicing and administering any Mortgage Loan respecting which there is no Sub-Servicer, the Master Servicer shall, to the extent not inconsistent with this agreement, comply with the Program Guide as if it were the originator of such Mortgage Loan and had retained the servicing rights and obligations in respect of it. All costs incurred by the Master Servicer or by Sub-Servicers in effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the properties subject to the Mortgage Loans shall not, for the purpose of calculating monthly distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the amount owing under the related Mortgage Loans, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loan so permit, and such costs shall be recoverable by the Master Servicer. Section 3.02. Sub-Servicing Agreements Between Master Servicer and Sub-Servicers. The Master Servicer may enter into Sub-Servicing Agreements with Sub-Servicers for the servicing and Administration of certain of the Mortgage Loans. In the event that such Sub-Servicing Agreements exist, each Sub-Servicer will represent and warrant that it is duly organized and existing under any applicable laws of the United States or any state and is duly qualified and licensed to do business in each state in which property subject to a Mortgage to be serviced under the related Sub-Servicing Agreement is located. Each Sub-Servicing Agreement will be upon such terms and conditions as are required or permitted by the Program Guide and are not inconsistent with this agreement and as the Master Servicer and the Sub-Servicer have agreed and shall be effective as of the date of conveyance of the mortgage Loans by the Company to the Trustee. A representative form of Sub-Servicing Agreement is attached to this agreement as Exhibit F. The Master Servicer and the Sub-Servicer may enter into amendments to it or different forms of Sub-Servicing agreements and the attached form is merely provided for information and shall not be deemed to limit in any respect the discretion of the Master Servicer to modify or enter into different Sub-Servicing Agreements; provided, however, that any such amendments or different forms shall be consistent with and not violate the provisions of this Agreement or the Program Guide and provided further that the substance of any such material amendment or material change shall be transmitted promptly to the Trustee. Section 3.03. Successor Sub-Servicers. The Master Servicer shall be entitled to terminate any Sub-Servicing Agreement that may exist in accordance with the terms and conditions of such Sub-Servicing Agreement and without any limitation by virtue of this agreement; provided, however, that in the event of termination of any Sub-Servicing Agreement by the Master Servicer or the Sub-Servicer, the Master Servicer shall either act as servicer of the related Mortgage Loan or enter into a Sub-Servicing Agreement with a successor Sub-Servicer which will be bound by the terms of the related Sub-Servicing Agreement. Section 3.04. Liability of the Master Servicer. Notwithstanding any Sub-Servicing Agreement, any of the provisions of this agreement relating to agreements or arrangements between the Master Servicer or a Sub-Servicer or reference to actions taken through Residential Funding or a Sub-Servicer or otherwise, the Master Servicer shall remain obligated and liable to the Trustee and Certificateholders for the servicing and administering of the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.01 without diminution of such obligation or liability by virtue of such Sub-Servicing Agreements or arrangements or by virtue of indemnification from the Sub-Servicer, Residential Funding or the Company and to the same extent and under the same terms and conditions as if the Master Servicer alone were servicing and administering the Mortgage Loans. The Master Servicer shall be entitled to enter into any agreement with Residential Funding, the Company or a Sub-Servicer for indemnification of the Master Servicer and nothing contained in this agreement shall be deemed to limit or modify such indemnification. Section 3.05. No Contractual Relationship Between Sub-Servicer and Trustee or Certificateholders. Any Sub-Servicing Agreement that may be entered into and any other transactions or services relating to the Mortgage Loans involving a Sub-Servicer in its capacity as such and not as an originator shall be deemed to be between the Sub-Servicer and the Master Servicer alone and the Trustee and Certificateholders shall not be deemed parties to it and shall have no claims, rights, obligations, duties or liabilities with respect to the Sub-Servicer except as set forth in Section 3.06. Section 3.06. Assumption or Termination of Sub-Servicing Agreement by Trustee. In the event the Master Servicer shall for any reason no longer be the servicer (including by reason of an Event of Default), the Trustee or its designee shall assume all of the rights and obligations of the Master Servicer under each Sub-Servicing Agreement that may have been entered into. The Trustee, its designee or the successor servicer for the Trustee shall be deemed to have assumed all of the Master Servicer's interest in it and to have replaced the Master Servicer as a party to the Sub-Servicing Agreement to the same extent as if the Sub-Servicing Agreement had been assigned to the assuming party except that the Master Servicer shall not be relieved of any liability or obligations under the Sub-Servicing Agreement. The Master Servicer shall, upon request of the Trustee but at the expense of the Master Servicer, deliver to the assuming party all documents and records relating to the Sub-Servicing Agreement and the Mortgage Loans then being serviced and an accounting of amounts collected and held by it and otherwise use its best efforts to effect the orderly and efficient transfer of the Sub-Servicing Agreement to the assuming party. Section 3.07. Collection of Certain Mortgage Loan Payments; Certificate Account. The Master Servicer shall make reasonable effort to collect all payments called for under the terms and provisions of the Mortgage Loans, and shall, to the extent such procedures shall be consistent with this Agreement and the terms and provisions of the Insurance Policy, the Bankruptcy Bond and any related Primary Insurance Policy, follow such collection procedures as it follows with respect to mortgage loans comparable to the Mortgage Loans and held in its own portfolio. Consistent with the foregoing, the Master Servicer may in its discretion (i) waive any late payment charge or any prepayment charge or penalty interest in connection with the prepayment of a Mortgage Loan and (ii) only upon determining that the coverage of such Mortgage Loan by the Insurance Policy, the Bankruptcy Bond and any related Primary Insurance Policy will not be affected, extend the Due Dates for payments due on a Mortgage Note for a period not greater than 125 days. In the event of any such arrangement, the Master Servicer shall make timely advances on the related Mortgage Loan during the scheduled period in accordance with the amortization schedule of such Mortgage Loan without modification of it by reason of such arrangements. The Master Servicer shall establish and maintain a separate Certificate Account or Accounts in which the Master Servicer shall deposit on a daily basis, except as otherwise specifically provided in this agreement, the following payments and collections received or made by it subsequent to the Cut-off Date (other than in respect of principal of and interest on the Mortgage Loans due on the Cut-off Date): (i) All payments on account of principal, including Principal Prepayments, on the Mortgage Loans; (ii) All payments on account of interest on the Mortgage Loans; (iii) All Insurance Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds, other than proceeds to be applied to the restoration or repair of the property subject to the related Mortgage or released to the Mortgagor in accordance with the Master Servicer's normal servicing procedures; (iv) All Monthly Advances made by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 4.03; (v) Any amounts required to be deposited by the Master Servicer pursuant to the first paragraph of Section 3.12; (vi) All proceeds of any Mortgage Loans or property acquired in respect thereof repurchased pursuant to Sections 2.02, 2.03 or 9.01; and (vii) Any Buydown Funds and Buydown Earnings required to be deposited by the Master Servicer in the Certificate Account pursuant to Section 3.20. The foregoing requirements for deposit in the Certificate Account shall be exclusive, it being understood and agreed that, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, payments in the nature of prepayment or late payment charges or assumption fees need not be deposited by the Master Servicer in the Certificate Account. In the event the Master Servicer shall deposit in the Certificate Account any amount not required to be deposited in it, the Master Servicer may at any time withdraw such amount from the Certificate Account, any provision in this agreement to the contrary notwithstanding. The Company may cause the institution maintaining the Certificate Account to invest the funds in the Certificate Account in Permitted Investments, which shall mature not later than the Business Day next preceding the Distribution Date next following the date of such investment (except that if such Permitted Investment is an obligation of the institution that maintains the Certificate Account, then such Permitted Investment shall mature not later than such Distribution Date) and shall not be sold or disposed of prior to its maturity. All such Permitted Investments shall be made in the name of the Trustee (in its capacity as such) or its nominee. All income and gain realized from any such investment shall be for the benefit of the Company and shall be subject to its withdrawal or order from time to time. The amount of any losses incurred in respect of any such investments shall be deposited in the Certificate Account by the Company out of its own funds immediately as realized. The Master Servicer shall give notice to the Trustee of the location of the Certificate Account, and of any change of it, prior to the use of it. In those cases where a Sub-Servicer is servicing a Mortgage Loan pursuant to a Sub-Servicing Agreement, the Sub-Servicer will establish and maintain a Sub-Servicing Account. The Sub-Servicer is required to deposit into the Sub-Servicing Account on a daily basis all proceeds of Mortgage Loans received by the Sub-Servicer, less its servicing compensation to the extent permitted by the Sub-Servicing Agreement. On the 20th day of each month the Sub-Servicer shall remit to the Master Servicer for deposit in the Certificate Account all funds held in the Sub-Servicing Account with respect to each Mortgage Loan serviced by such Sub-Servicer. The Sub-Servicer shall also remit on the scheduled date of remittance any monthly installments of principal and interest less its servicing fee on any Mortgage Loan for which payment was not received. This obligation to advance with respect to each Mortgage Loan shall be subject to a maximum of 6 delinquent installments, at which point no additional advances shall be necessary until such time as the Mortgage Loan has been reinstated and thereafter is again in default. Any installments as to which the Sub-Servicer has not made an advance will be subject to the Master Servicer's limited obligation to advance set forth in this agreement. Section 3.08. Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items; Servicing Accounts. In addition to the Certificate Account, the Master Servicer and the Sub-Servicers shall establish and maintain one or more Servicing Accounts and shall deposit and retain in them all collections from the Mortgagors for the payment of taxes, assessments, hazard insurance premiums, Primary Insurance Policy premiums, if applicable, or comparable items for the account of the Mortgagors. Servicing Accounts shall be Eligible Accounts. Withdrawals of amounts so collected from the Servicing Accounts may be made only to effect timely payment of taxes, assessments, hazard insurance premiums, Primary Insurance Policy premiums, if applicable, or comparable items, to reimburse the Master Servicer out of related collections for any payments made pursuant to Sections 3.11 (with respect to the Primary Insurance Policy) and 3.12 (with respect to hazard insurance), to refund to any Mortgagors any sums as may be determined to be overages, to pay interest, if required, to Mortgagors on balances in the Servicing Account or to clear and terminate the Servicing Account at the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 9.01. As part of its servicing duties, the Master Servicer or Sub-Servicers shall pay to the Mortgagors interest on funds in this account, to the extent required by law. Section 3.09. Access to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding the Mortgage Loans. In the event that compliance with this Section 3.09 shall make the Certificates legal for investment by federally insured savings and loan associations, the Master Servicer shall provide to the Trustee,the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation and the Supervisory Agents and examiners of such Board and such Corporation access to the documentation regarding the Mortgage Loans required by applicable regulations of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, such access being afforded without charge but only upon reasonable request and during normal business hours at the offices of the Master Servicer designated by it. The Master Servicer shall permit such representatives to photocopy any such documentation and shall provide equipment for that purpose at a charge reasonably approximating the cost of such photocopying to the Master Servicer. Section 3.10. Permitting Withdrawals From the Certificate Account. The Master Servicer may, from time to time, make withdrawals from the Certificate Account for the following purposes: (i) to make payments to Certificateholders in the amounts and in the manner provided for in Section 4.01; (ii) to reimburse itself for advances of Master Servicer funds made pursuant to Section 4.03, the Master Servicer's right to reimburse itself pursuant to this subclause (ii) being limited to amounts received on particular Mortgage Loans (including, for this purpose, Insurance Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds which represent late recoveries of payments of principal and/or interest respecting which any such advance was made); (iii) to reimburse itself from Insurance Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds for amounts expended by it pursuant to Section 3.14 in good faith in connection with the restoration of property damaged by an Uninsured Cause; (iv) to reimburse itself from Insurance Proceeds for Insured Expenses and to pay to itself from Insurance Proceeds any unpaid servicing compensation on the related Mortgage Loan, such payment of servicing compensation being limited to the amount, if any, by which the aggregate of Liquidation Proceeds and Insurance Proceeds received in connection with the liquidation of a defaulted Mortgage Loan is, after the deduction of Insured Expenses and any amounts deducted pursuant to subclause (iii) above, in excess of the Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan together with accrued and unpaid interest on it at the Pass-Through Rate; (v) to reimburse itself from Liquidation Proceeds for Liquidation Expenses and, to the extent that Liquidation Proceeds after such reimbursement and any other reimbursement pursuant to subclause (iii) above are in excess of the Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loan together with accrued and unpaid interest on it at the Pass-Through Rate, to pay, first, to itself out of such excess the amount of any unpaid servicing compensation on the related Mortgage Loan and, second, to the Company the balance of any such excess; (vi) to pay to itself as servicing compensation that portion of any payment as to interest which, when deducted, will result in the remaining amount of such interest being interest at the Pass-Through Rate on the Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan; (vii) to pay to itself or the Company with respect to each Mortgage Loan or property acquired in respect of it that has been repurchased pursuant to Section 2.02, 2.03, or 9.01 all amounts received on it and not distributed as of the date on which the related Principal Balance is determined; (viii) to reimburse itself for any Nonrecoverable Advance or Advances; (ix) to reimburse itself or the Company for expenses incurred by and reimbursable to it or the Company pursuant to Section 6.03; and (x) to clear and terminate the Certificate Account pursuant to Section 9.01. Since, in connection with withdrawals pursuant to subclauses (ii) through (vii), inclusive, the Master Servicer's entitlement to them is limited to collections or other recoveries on the related Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer shall keep and maintain separate accounting, on a Mortgage Loan by Mortgage Loan basis, for the purpose of justifying any withdrawal from the Certificate Account pursuant to such subclauses (ii) through (vii), inclusive. Section 3.11. Maintenance of the Insurance Policy and Primary Insurance Policies; Collections under them. The Master Servicer covenants and agrees to exercise its best reasonable efforts to maintain and keep the Insurance Policy in full force and effect throughout the term of this agreement, unless coverage under it has been exhausted through payment of claims. The Master Servicer as servicer agrees to pay the premiums for the Insurance Policy on a timely basis. In the event that the Insurer shall cease to be a Qualified Insurer because it shall not be qualified to transact a mortgage guaranty insurance business under the laws of the state of its principal place of business or any other state which has jurisdiction over the Insurer in connection with the Insurance Policy or the Insurance Policy is cancelled or terminated for any reason (other than the exhaustion of the total coverage), the Master Servicer shall exercise its best reasonable efforts to obtain from another Qualified Insurer a replacement policy comparable to the Insurance Policy with a total coverage which is equal to the then existing coverage of the Insurance Policy; provided, however, that if the cost of any such replacement policy shall be greater than the cost of the Insurance Policy, the amount of coverage of such replacement policy may be reduced to a level such that the premium rate for it shall not exceed 150% of the premium rate on such Insurance Policy. In the event the Insurer shall cease to be a Qualified Insurer because it is approved as an insurer by neither FHLMC or FNMA, the Master Servicer agrees to review, not less often than monthly, the financial condition of the Insurer with a view towards determining whether recoveries under the Insurance Policy are jeopardized for reasons related to the financial condition of the Insurer. If the Master Servicer determines that recoveries are so jeopardized, it shall exercise its best reasonable efforts to obtain from another Qualified Insurer a replacement insurance policy subject to the cost limitation set forth above. The Master Servicer shall not take, or permit any Sub-Servicer to take, any action which would result in non-coverage under any applicable Primary Insurance Policy of any loss which, but for the actions of the Master Servicer or Sub-Servicer, would have been covered under that policy. The Master Servicer shall use its best reasonable efforts to be named a loss payee under each Primary Insurance Policy. The Master Servicer shall use its best reasonable efforts to keep in full force and effect each such Primary Insurance Policy until (i) the related Mortgage Loan is liquidated in the case of a Mortgage Loan secured by a second or vacation home or property located in the State of California, (ii) the principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan is reduced to 80% or less of the Appraised Value in the case of a Mortgage Loan having a Loan-to-Value Ratio at origination in excess of 80%, and (iii) the principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan is reduced to 60% or less of its Appraised Value in the case of a Mortgage Loan the original principal amount of which exceeded $250,000 [specify any other requirements]. The Master Servicer shall not cancel or refuse to renew any such Primary Insurance Policy in effect at the date of the initial issuance of the Certificates that is required to be kept in force under this agreement unless the replacement Primary Insurance Policy for such cancelled or non-renewed policy is maintained with an insurer whose claims-paying ability is acceptable to each Rating Agency for mortgage pass-through certificates [having a rating equal to or better than the rating currently assigned to the Certificates by such Rating Agency]. In connection with its activities as administrator and servicer of the Mortgage Loans, the Master Servicer agrees to present, on behalf of itself, the Trustee and Certificateholders, claims to the Insurer under the Insurance Policy and to the insurer under any Primary Insurance Policies and, in this regard, to take such reasonable action as shall be necessary to permit recovery under the Insurance Policy and any Primary Insurance Policies respecting defaulted Mortgage Loans. Pursuant to Section 3.07, any amounts collected by the Master Servicer under the Insurance Policy and any Primary Insurance Policies shall be deposited in the Certificate Account, subject to withdrawal pursuant to Section 3.10. In those cases in which a Mortgage Loan is serviced by a Sub-Servicer, the Sub-Servicer, on behalf of itself, the trustee, and the Certificateholders, will present claims to the insurer under the Primary Insurance Policy and all collections under that policy shall be deposited initially in the Sub-Servicing Account. Section 3.12. Maintenance of Hazard Insurance, the Special Hazard Insurance Policy and Errors and Omissions and Fidelity Coverage. The Master Servicer shall cause to be maintained for each Mortgage Loan fire insurance with extended coverage in an amount which is at least equal to the maximum insurable value of the improvements securing such Mortgage Loan or its principal balance, whichever is less. The Master Servicer shall also maintain on property acquired upon foreclosure, or deed in lieu of foreclosure, of any Mortgage Loan, fire insurance with extended coverage in an amount which is at least equal to the maximum insurable value of the improvements which are a part of such property. The Master Servicer shall use its best efforts to be named a loss payee under such policies. Pursuant to Section 3.07, any amounts collected by the Master Servicer under any such policies (other than amounts to be applied to the restoration or repair of the property subject to the related Mortgage or property thus acquired or amounts released to the Mortgagor in accordance with the Master Servicer's normal servicing procedures) shall be deposited in the Certificate Account, subject to withdrawal pursuant to Section 3.10. Any cost incurred by the Master Servicer in maintaining any such insurance shall not, for the purpose of calculating monthly distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the amount owing under the Mortgage Loan, notwithstanding that the terms of the Mortgage Loan so permit. Such costs shall be recoverable by the Master Servicer out of related late payments by the Mortgagor or out of Insurance Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds to the extent permitted by Section 3.10. It is understood and agreed that no earthquake or other additional insurance is to be required of any Mortgagor or maintained on property acquired in respect of a Mortgage other than pursuant to such applicable laws and regulations as shall at any time be in force and as shall require such additional insurance. When the Mortgaged Property is located at the time of origination of the Mortgage Loan in a federally designated special flood hazard area, the Master Servicer shall cause flood insurance (to the extent available) to be maintained. In the event that the Master Servicer shall obtain and maintain a blanket policy insuring against hazard losses on all of the Mortgage Loans, it shall conclusively be deemed to have satisfied its obligations as set forth in the first sentence of this Section 3.12, it being understood and agreed that such policy may contain a deductible clause, in which case the Master Servicer shall, in the event that there shall not have been maintained on the related Mortgaged Property a policy complying with the first sentence of this Section 3.12, and there shall have been a loss which would have been covered by such policy, deposit in the Certificate Account the amount not otherwise payable under the blanket policy because of such deductible clause. In connection with its activities as administrator and servicer of the Mortgage Loans, the Master Servicer agrees to present, on behalf of itself, the Trustee and Certificateholders, claims under any such blanket policy. As long as the Insurance Policy is in effect, the Master Servicer covenants and agrees to exercise its best reasonable efforts to maintain and keep the Special Hazard Insurance Policy in full force and effect unless coverage under that policy has been exhausted through payment of claims. The Master Servicer as servicer agrees to pay the premium for the Special Hazard Insurance Policy on a timely basis. In the event that the Special Hazard Insurance Policy shall be cancelled or terminated for any reason (other than the exhaustion of total policy coverage), the Master Servicer shall exercise its best reasonable efforts to obtain from another insurer a replacement policy comparable to the Special Hazard Insurance Policy with a total coverage which is equal to the then existing coverage of the Special Hazard Insurance Policy; provided, however, that if the cost of any replacement policy shall be greater than the cost of the Special Hazard Insurance Policy, the amount of coverage of such replacement policy may be reduced to a level such that the cost of such replacement policy shall not exceed the cost of the Special Hazard Insurance Policy. In connection with its activities as administrator and servicer of the Mortgage Loans, the Master Servicer agrees to present, on behalf of itself, the Trustee and Certificateholders, claims to the Special Hazard Insurers under the Special Hazard Insurance Policy and, in this regard, to take such reasonable action as shall be necessary to permit recovery under the Special Hazard Insurance Policy respecting defaulted Mortgage Loans. Pursuant to Section 3.07, any amounts collected by the Master Servicer under the Special Hazard Insurance Policy which are in the nature of Insurance Proceeds shall be deposited in the Certificate Account, subject to withdrawal pursuant to Section 3.10. Any other amounts collected by the Master Servicer under the Special Hazard Insurance Policy shall be applied by it towards the restoration of the related property to a condition requisite to the presentation of claims on the related Mortgage Loan to the Insurer under the Insurance Policy. The Master Servicer shall obtain and maintain at its own expense and keep in full force and effect throughout the term of this Agreement a blanket fidelity bond and an errors and omissions insurance policy covering the Master Servicer's officers and employees and other persons acting on behalf of the Master Servicer in connection with its activities under this Agreement. The amount of coverage shall be at least equal to the coverage that would be required by FNMA or FHLMC, whichever is greater, with respect to the Master Servicer if the Master Servicer were servicing and administering the Mortgage Loans for FNMA or FHLMC in addition to other mortgage loans being serviced and administered by the Master Servicer. In the event that any such bond or policy ceases to be in effect, the Master Servicer shall obtain a comparable replacement bond or policy from an issuer or insurer, as the case may be, meeting the requirements, if any, of the Program Guide and acceptable to the Company. Section 3.13. Enforcement of Due-On-Sale Clauses; Assumption Agreements. (a). When any property subject to a Mortgage is conveyed by the Mortgagor, the Master Servicer shall enforce any due on sale clause contained in any Mortgage Note or Mortgage, to the extent permitted under applicable law and governmental regulations, but only to the extent that such enforcement will not adversely affect or jeopardize coverage under any Required Insurance Policy. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the Master Servicer shall not be deemed to be in default under this Section 3.13(a) by reason of any transfer or assumption which the Master Servicer is restricted by law from preventing and (ii) if the Master Servicer determines that it is reasonably likely that any Mortgagor will bring, or if any Mortgagor does bring, legal action to declare invalid or otherwise avoid enforcement of a due on sale clause contained in any Mortgage Note or Mortgage, the Master Servicer shall not be required to contest such action. (b). Subject to the Master Servicer's duty to enforce any due on sale clause to the extent set forth in Section 3.13(a), in any case in which a Mortgaged Property is to be conveyed to a Person by a Mortgagor, and such Person is to enter into an assumption agreement or modification agreement or supplement to the Mortgage Note or Mortgage which requires the signature of the Trustee, or if an instrument of release signed by the Trustee is required releasing the Mortgagor from liability on the Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee for signature the assumption agreement with the Person to whom the Mortgaged Property is to be conveyed and such modification agreement or supplement to the Mortgage Note or Mortgage or other instruments as are reasonable or necessary to carry out the terms of the Mortgage Note or Mortgage or otherwise to comply with any applicable laws regarding assumptions or the transfer of the Mortgaged Property to such Person. The Master Servicer shall also deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee with the foregoing documents a letter explaining the nature of such documents and the reason or reasons why the Trustee's signature is required. With such letter the Master Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee a certificate of a Servicing Officer certifying that: (i) a Servicing Officer has examined and approved such documents as to form and substance, (ii) the Trustee's execution and delivery of the documents will not conflict with or violate any terms of this agreement or cause the unpaid balance and interest on the Mortgage Loan to be uncollectible in whole or in part, (iii) any required consents of insurers under any Required Insurance Policies have been obtained and (iv) subsequent to the closing of the transaction involving the assumption or transfer (A) the Mortgage Loan will continue to be secured by a first mortgage lien pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage, (B) such transaction will not adversely affect the coverage under any Required Insurance Policies, (C) the Mortgage Loan will fully amortize over its remaining term, (D) the interest rate on the Mortgage Loan will not be altered nor will the term of the Mortgage Loan be increased and (E) if the seller/transferor of the Mortgaged Property is to be released from liability on the Mortgage Loan, such release will not (based on the Master Servicer's good faith determination) adversely affect the collectibility of the Mortgage Loan. Upon receipt of such certificate, the Trustee shall execute any necessary instruments for such assumption or substitution of liability. Upon the closing of the transactions contemplated by such documents, the Master Servicer shall cause the originals of the assumption agreement, the release (if any), or the modification or supplement to the Mortgage Note or Mortgage to be delivered to the Trustee and deposited with the Mortgage File for such Mortgage Loan. Any fee collected by the Master Servicer for entering into an assumption or substitution of liability agreement will be retained by the Master Servicer as additional servicing compensation. Section 3.14. Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans. The Master Servicer shall foreclose upon or otherwise comparably convert the ownership of properties securing such of the Mortgage Loans as come into and continue in default and as to which no satisfactory arrangements can be made for collection of delinquent payments pursuant to Section 3.07. In connection with such foreclosure or other conversion, the Master Servicer shall, consistent with Section 3.11, follow such practices and procedures as it shall deem necessary or advisable, as shall be normal and usual in its general mortgage servicing activities and as shall be required or permitted by the Program Guide. The foregoing is subject to the proviso that the Master Servicer shall not be required to expend its own funds in connection with any foreclosure or towards the restoration of any property unless it shall determine (i) that such restoration and/or foreclosure will increase the proceeds of liquidation of the Mortgage Loan to Certificateholders after reimbursement to itself for such expenses and (ii) that such expenses will be recoverable to it either through Liquidation Proceeds (respecting which it shall have priority for purposes of withdrawals from the Certificate Account pursuant to Section 3.10) or through Insurance Proceeds (respecting which it shall have similar priority). Section 3.15. Trustee to Cooperate; Release of Mortgage Files. (a). Upon the payment in full of any Mortgage Loan, or the receipt by the Master Servicer of a notification that payment in full will be escrowed in a manner customary for such purposes, the Master Servicer will immediately notify the Trustee (if it holds the related Mortgage File) by a certification (which certification shall include a statement to the effect that all amounts received or to be received in connection with such payment which are required to be deposited in the Certificate Account pursuant to Section 3.07 have been or will be so deposited) of a Servicing Officer and shall request delivery to it of the Mortgage File. Upon receipt of such certification and request, the Trustee shall promptly release the related Mortgage File to the Master Servicer and execute and deliver to the Master Servicer the request for reconveyance, deed of reconveyance or release or satisfaction of mortgage or such instrument releasing the lien of the Mortgage, together with the Mortgage Note with written evidence of cancellation on it. No expenses incurred in connection with any instrument of satisfaction or deed of reconveyance shall be chargeable to the Certificate Account. (b). From time to time as is appropriate for the servicing or foreclosure of any Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee a certificate of a Servicing Officer requesting that possession of all, or any document constituting part of, the Mortgage File to be released to the Master Servicer and certifying as to the reason for such release and that such release will not invalidate any insurance coverage provided in respect of the Mortgage Loan under any of the Required Insurance Policies. With such certificate, the Master Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee a Trust Receipt signed by a Servicing Officer on behalf of the Master Servicer in substantially the form attached as Exhibit H to this agreement, and upon receipt of the foregoing, the Trustee shall deliver the Mortgage File to the Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall cause each Mortgage File or any document in it so released to be returned to the Trustee when the need for it by the Master Servicer no longer exists, unless (i) the Mortgage Loan has been liquidated and the Liquidation Proceeds relating to the Mortgage Loan have been deposited in the Certificate Account or (ii) the Mortgage File or such document has been delivered to an attorney, or to a public trustee or other public official as required by law, for purposes of initiating or pursuing legal action or other proceedings for the foreclosure of the Mortgaged Property either judicially or non-judicially, and the Master Servicer has delivered to the Trustee a certificate of a Servicing Officer certifying as to the name and address of the Person to which such Mortgage File or such document was delivered and the purpose or purposes of such delivery. In the event of the liquidation of a Mortgage Loan, the Trustee shall deliver the Trust Receipt with respect to it to the Master Servicer upon deposit of the related Liquidation Proceeds in the Certificate Account. (c). The Trustee shall execute and deliver to the Master Servicer any court pleadings, requests for trustee's sale or other documents necessary to the foreclosure or trustee's sale in respect of a Mortgaged Property or to any legal action brought to obtain judgment against any Mortgagor on the Mortgage Note or Mortgage or to obtain a deficiency judgment, or to enforce any other remedies or rights provided by the Mortgage Note or Mortgage or otherwise available at law or in equity. Together with such documents or pleadings, the Master Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee a certificate of a Servicing Officer requesting that such pleadings or documents be executed by the Trustee and certifying as to the reason such documents or pleadings are required and that the execution and delivery of them by the Trustee will not invalidate any insurance coverage under the Required Insurance Policies or invalidate or otherwise affect the lien of the Mortgage, except for the termination of such a lien upon completion of the foreclosure or trustee's sale. Section 3.16. Servicing Compensation. As compensation for its activities under this agreement, the Master Servicer shall be entitled to withdraw from the Certificate Account the amounts provided for by Section 3.10(vi). In addition, the Master Servicer shall be entitled to servicing compensation out of Insurance Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds to the extent permitted by Section 3.10. Additional servicing compensation in the form of prepayment charges, assumption fees, late payment charges or otherwise shall be retained by the Master Servicer to the extent not required to be deposited in the Certificate Account pursuant to Section 3.07. The Master Servicer shall be required to pay all expenses incurred by it in connection with its servicing activities under this agreement (including payment of premiums for Primary Insurance Policies, if any, to the extent such premiums are not paid by the related Mortgagors, payment of the premiums for the Insurance Policy, payment of the premiums for the Bankruptcy Bond, maintenance of the insurance required by Section 3.12 and compensation of Sub-Servicers) and shall not be entitled to reimbursement for them except as specifically provided in Sections 3.10 and 3.14. Section 3.17. Reports to the Trustee and the Company; Certificate Account Statements. Not later than fifteen days after each Distribution Date, the Master Servicer shall forward to the Trustee and the Company a statement, certified by a Servicing Officer, setting forth the status of the Certificate Account as of the close of business on such Distribution Date and showing, for the period covered by such statement, the aggregate of deposits in or withdrawals from the Certificate Account for each category of deposit specified in Section 3.07 and each category of withdrawal specified in Section 3.10. Section 3.18. Annual Statement as to Compliance. The Master Servicer will deliver to the Trustee on or before _________ of each year, beginning with the first _________ that occurs at least months after the Cut-off Date, an Officers' Certificate stating, as to each signer of it, that (i) a review of the activities of the Master Servicer during the preceding calendar year and of performance under this Agreement has been made under such officer's supervision, (ii) to the best of such officer's knowledge, based on such review, the Master Servicer has fulfilled all its obligations under this Agreement throughout such year, or, if there has been a default in the fulfillment of any such obligation, specifying each such default known to such officer and the nature and status of it, (iii) a Servicing Officer has conducted an examination of the activities of each Sub-Servicer during the immediately preceding year and its performance under its Sub-Servicing Agreement, (iv) a Servicing Officer has examined each Sub-Servicer fidelity bond and Sub-Servicer errors and omissions insurance policy and that each such bond and policy are in effect and conform to the requirements of the Sub-Servicer's Sub-Servicing Agreement and (v) to the best of such Servicing Officer's knowledge, based on such examination, each Sub-Servicer has performed and fulfilled its duties, responsibilities and obligations under its Sub-Servicing Agreement in all material respects throughout such year, or if there has been a default in the performance or fulfillment of any such duties, responsibilities or obligations, specifying each such default known to such Servicing Officer and the nature and status of it. Section 3.19. Annual Independent Public Accountants' Servicing Report. On or before _________ of each year, beginning with the first _________ that occurs at least _________ months after the Cut-off Date, the Master Servicer at its expense shall cause a firm of independent public accountants which is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants to furnish a statement to the Trustee to the effect that such firm has examined certain documents and records relating to the servicing of the mortgage loans under pooling and servicing agreements substantially similar one to another (such statement to have attached to it a schedule setting forth the pooling and servicing agreements covered by it, including this agreement) and that, on the basis of such examination conducted substantially in compliance with the Uniform Single Audit Program for Mortgage Bankers or the Audit Program for Mortgages serviced for FHLMC, such servicing has been conducted in compliance with such pooling and servicing agreements except for such significant exceptions or errors in records that, in the opinion of such firm, the Uniform Single Audit Program for Mortgage Bankers or the Audit Program for Mortgages serviced for FHLMC requires it to report. In rendering such statement, such firm may rely, as to matters relating to direct servicing of mortgage loans by Sub-Servicers, upon comparable statements for examinations conducted substantially in compliance with the Uniform Single Audit Program for Mortgage Bankers or the Audit Program for Mortgages serviced for FHLMC (rendered within one year of such statement) of independent public accountants with respect to the related Sub-Servicer. For purposes of such statement, such firm may conclusively assume that all pooling and servicing agreements among the Company, the Master Servicer and the Trustee relating to Conduit Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates evidencing an interest in first mortgage loans are substantially similar one to another except for any such pooling and servicing agreement which, by its terms, specifically states otherwise. Section 3.20. Application of Buydown Funds. With respect to each Buydown Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer has deposited Buydown Funds in an interest-bearing custodial account (the "Buydown Account"), which shall be an Eligible Account. In the case of a Buydown Mortgage Loan in respect of which the buydown plan requires that only the Buydown Funds (and not any earnings thereon) be applied to payments of interest on such Buydown Mortgage Loan, such Buydown Funds shall be equal to an aggregate amount of payments that, when added, as required by such buydown plan, to the amount required to be paid by the related mortgagor on each Due Date in accordance with such buydown plan, is equal to the full monthly payment due on such Due Date. In the case of a Buydown Mortgage Loan in respect of which the amount of the Buydown Funds is determined through a discounting process set forth in the related buydown plan, such Buydown Funds shall be equal to an aggregate amount of payments that, together with Buydown Earnings on them computed at the rate of 6% per annum [compounded monthly], when added, as required by such buydown plan, to the amount required to be paid by the related Mortgagor on each Due Date in accordance with such buydown plan, is equal to the full monthly payment due on such Due Date. The Master Servicer will withdraw from the Buydown Account and deposit in the Certificate Account on or before each Distribution Date the amount, if any, of the Buydown Funds and Buydown Earnings on them, if any, for each Buydown Mortgage Loan that, when added to the amount due on such date from the Mortgagor on such Buydown Mortgage Loan, equals the full monthly payment due on such Buydown Mortgage Loan. If the Mortgagor on a Buydown Mortgage Loan prepays such loan in its entirety during the period (the "Buydown Period") when Buydown Funds are required to be applied to such Buydown Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer shall withdraw from the Buydown Account and deposit in the Certificate Account the Buydown Funds for such Buydown Mortgage Loan remaining in the Buydown Account. The Buydown Earnings, if any, in respect of such Buydown Mortgage Loan remaining in such Buydown Account shall be withdrawn and disbursed to the Company. The amount of Buydown Funds deposited in the Certificate Account pursuant to the preceding sentence will reduce the amount required to be paid by the Mortgagor to fully prepay the related Mortgage Loan. If the Mortgagor on a Buydown Mortgage Loan defaults on such loan during the Buydown Period and the property securing such Buydown Mortgage Loan is sold in the liquidation of it (either by the Master Servicer, the Insurer or the insurer under any related Primary Insurance Policy), the Master Servicer shall withdraw from the Buydown Account and deposit in the Certificate Account or pay to (i) the Insurer if the Mortgaged Property has been transferred to the Insurer pursuant to the Insurance Policy and 100% of the related claim under the Insurance Policy is paid or (ii) the insurer under any related Primary Insurance Policy if the Mortgaged Property is transferred to such insurer and such insurer pays all of the loss incurred in respect of such default, the Buydown Funds for such Buydown Mortgage Loan still held in the Buydown Account. Any amount deposited in the Certificate Account pursuant to the preceding sentence will reduce the amount owed on the Mortgage Loan. Any Buydown Earnings in respect of such Buydown Funds shall be disbursed to the Company. Section 3.21. Maintenance of the Bankruptcy Bond; Collections under it. The Master Servicer covenants and agrees to exercise its best reasonable efforts to maintain and keep the Bankruptcy Bond in full force and effect throughout the term of this Agreement unless coverage has been exhausted through payment of claims. The Master Servicer as servicer agrees to pay the premiums for the Bankruptcy Bond on a timely basis. Coverage under the Bankruptcy Bond may be cancelled or reduced by the Master Servicer to the extent permitted by each Rating Agency, provided the then current rating on the Certificates by each Rating Agency is maintained. In connection with its activities as administrator and servicer of the Mortgage Loans, the Master Servicer agrees to present, on behalf of itself, the Trustee and Certificateholders, claims to the issuer of the Bankruptcy Bond and, in this regard, to take such reasonable action as shall be necessary to permit recovery under the Bankruptcy Bond. Pursuant to Section 3.07, any amounts collected by the Master Servicer under the Bankruptcy Bond shall be deposited in the Certificate Account, subject to withdrawal pursuant to Section 3.10. Section 3.22. Rights of the Company In Respect of the Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall afford the Company, upon reasonable notice, during normal business hours access to all records maintained by the Master Servicer in respect of its rights and obligations and under this agreement and access to officers of the Master Servicer responsible for such obligations. Upon request, the Master Servicer shall furnish the Company with its most recent financial statements and such other information as the Master Servicer possesses regarding its business, affairs, property and condition, financial or otherwise. The Company may, but is not obligated to, enforce the obligations of the Master Servicer under this agreement and may, but is not obligated to, perform, or cause a designee to perform, any defaulted obligation of the Master Servicer under this agreement or exercise the rights of the Master Servicer under this agreement; provided that the Master Servicer shall not be relieved of any of its obligations under this agreement by virtue of such performance by the Company or its designee. The Company shall not have any responsibility or liability for any action or failure to act by the Master and is not obligated to supervise the performance of the Master Servicer under this agreement or otherwise. ARTICLE IV. Payments to Certificateholders Section 4.01. Distributions. On each Distribution Date the Master Servicer shall distribute to each Certificateholder of record on the next preceding Record Date (other than as provided in Section 9.01 respecting the final distribution) either by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account of such Certificateholder at a bank or other entity having appropriate facilities for such transfers, if such Certificateholder has so notified the Master Servicer, or, if such Certificateholder has not so notified the Master Servicer, by check mailed to such Certificateholder at the address of such holder appearing in the Certificate Register such Certificateholder's pro rata share (based on the aggregate Fractional Undivided Interest represented by Certificates held by such holder) of all amounts deposited in the Certificate Account which represent payments of the nature required to be distributed on such Distribution Date pursuant to the form of Certificate hereinbefore set forth and all amounts, if any, which the Master Servicer may become obligated to distribute pursuant to Section 4.03 in respect of such Distribution Date. Section 4.02. Statements to Certificateholders. Concurrently with each distribution charged to the Certificate Account the Master Servicer shall forward by mail to each Certificateholder and the Company a statement setting forth: (i) the amount of such distribution allocable to principal, separately identifying the aggregate amount of any Principal Prepayments included in it; (ii) the amount of such distribution allocable to interest; (iii) the amount of related servicing compensation received by the Master Servicer and such other customary information as the Master Servicer deems necessary or desirable to enable Certificateholders to prepare their tax returns; (iv) the aggregate Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans at the close of business on such Distribution Date; (v) the number and aggregate principal balances of Mortgage Loans delinquent (a) one month and (b) two or more months; (vi) the book value (within the meaning of 12 CFR §571.13 or comparable provision) of any real estate acquired through foreclosure or grant of a deed in lieu of foreclosure; (vii) the amount of coverage under the Insurance Policy as of the close of business on the applicable Determination Date; (viii) the amount of coverage under the Special Hazard Insurance Policy as of the close of business on the applicable Determination Date; (ix) the amount of coverage under the Bankruptcy Bond as of the close of business on the applicable Determination Date; and [(x) the weighted average Pass-Through Rate.] In the case of information furnished pursuant to subclauses (i)(iii) above, the amounts shall be expressed as a dollar amount per Single Certificate. Within a reasonable period of time after the end of each calendar year, the Master Servicer shall furnish to each person who at any time during the calendar year was a Certificateholder a statement containing the information set forth in subclauses (i)(iii) above aggregated for such calendar year or applicable portion of it during which such person was a Certificateholder. Such obligation of the Master Servicer shall be deemed to have been satisfied to the extent that substantially comparable information shall be provided by the Master Servicer pursuant to any requirements of the Internal Revenue Code as from time to time in force. Section 4.03. Distribution of Reports to the Trustee and the Company; Advances by the Master Servicer. Prior to the close of business on each Determination Date the Master Servicer shall furnish a statement to the Trustee and the Company (the information in such statement to be made available to Certificateholders by the Master Servicer on request) setting forth the amount to be distributed on the next succeeding Distribution Date per Single Certificate on account of (a) principal and (b) interest. On or before each Distribution Date, the Master Servicer shall either (i) deposit in the Certificate Account an amount equal to the Monthly Advance, if any, or (ii) cause to be made an appropriate entry in the records of the Certificate Account that funds in such account being held for future distribution or withdrawal have been, as permitted by this Section 4.03, used by the Master Servicer in discharg |