Second Amended and Restated Master Repurchase Agreement, dated August 26, 2016, among Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Capital LLC, as administrative agent, Credit Suisse AG, acting through its Cayman Island Branch, Alpine Securitization LTD, as buyers, and Caliber Home Loans, Inc., as seller

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EX-10.33 22 d926572dex1033.htm EX-10.33 EX-10.33

Exhibit 10.33

CERTAIN IDENTIFIED INFORMATION HAS BEEN EXCLUDED FROM THE EXHIBIT BECAUSE IT IS BOTH NOT MATERIAL AND WOULD LIKELY CAUSE COMPETITIVE HARM TO THE REGISTRANT IF PUBLICLY DISCLOSED. [***] INDICATES THAT INFORMATION HAS BEEN REDACTED.

EXECUTION VERSION

 

 

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED MASTER REPURCHASE AGREEMENT

CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON MORTGAGE CAPITAL LLC, as administrative agent

(“Administrative Agent”),

CREDIT SUISSE AG, a company incorporated in Switzerland, acting through its CAYMAN

ISLANDS BRANCH, ALPINE SECURITIZATION LTD, as buyers and other Buyers from time

to time (“Buyers”)

and

CALIBER HOME LOANS, INC., as seller (“Seller”)

Dated August 26, 2016

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

         Page  

1.

 

Applicability

     1  

2.

 

Definitions

     2  

3.

 

Program; Initiation of Transactions

     21  

4.

 

Repurchase

     22  

5.

 

Price Differential

     23  

6.

 

Margin Maintenance

     23  

7.

 

Income Payments

     24  

8.

 

Security Interest

     24  

9.

 

Payment and Transfer

     25  

10.

 

Conditions Precedent

     26  

11.

 

Program; Costs

     29  

12.

 

Servicing

     33  

13.

 

Representations and Warranties

     34  

14.

 

Covenants

     40  

15.

 

Events of Default

     46  

16.

 

Remedies Upon Default

     48  

17.

 

Reports

     51  

18.

 

Repurchase Transactions

     55  

19.

 

Single Agreement

     55  

20.

 

Notices and Other Communications

     56  

21.

 

Entire Agreement; Severability

     57  

22.

 

Non assignability

     58  

23.

 

Set-off

     58  


24.

 

Binding Effect; Governing Law; Jurisdiction

     59  

25.

 

No Waivers, Etc.

     59  

26.

 

Intent

     59  

27.

 

Disclosure Relating to Certain Federal Protections

     60  

28.

 

Power of Attorney

     61  

29.

 

Buyers May Act Through Administrative Agent

     61  

30.

 

Indemnification; Obligations

     61  

31.

 

Counterparts

     62  

32.

 

Confidentiality

     62  

33.

 

Recording of Communications

     64  

34.

 

Reserved

     64  

35.

 

Reserved

     64  

36.

 

Periodic Due Diligence Review

     64  

37.

 

Authorizations

     65  

38.

 

Acknowledgment of Assignment and Administration of Repurchase Agreement

     65  

39.

 

Acknowledgement Of Anti-Predatory Lending Policies

     65  

40.

 

Documents Mutually Drafted

     65  

41.

 

General Interpretive Principles

     66  

42.

 

Reserved

     66  

43.

 

Conflicts

     66  

44.

 

Bankruptcy Non-Petition

     67  

45.

 

Limited Recourse

     67  

46.

 

Amendment and Restatement

     67  

SCHEDULES

  

Schedule 1 - Representations and Warranties with Respect to Purchased Mortgage Loans

  


Schedule 2 – Authorized Representatives

  

Schedule 3 – Other Names Used by Seller

  

EXHIBITS

  

Exhibit A – Reserved

  

Exhibit B – Reserved

  

Exhibit C – Form of Mortgage Loan Schedule

  

Exhibit D – Reserved

  

Exhibit E – Form of Amended and Restated Power of Attorney Exhibit F – Reserved

  

Exhibit G – Underwriting Guidelines

  

Exhibit H – Officer’s Certificate of the Seller and Corporate Resolutions of Seller Exhibit I – Seller’s Tax Identification Number

  

Exhibit J – Existing Indebtedness

  

Exhibit K - Escrow Instruction Letter

  

Exhibit L – Form of Servicer Notice

  


This is a SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED MASTER REPURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated as of August 26, 2016, by and among CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON MORTGAGE CAPITAL LLC (the “Administrative Agent”), Credit Suisse, AG, a company incorporated in Switzerland, acting through its Cayman Islands Branch (“CS Cayman” and a “Buyer”), Alpine Securitization LTD (“Alpine” and a “Buyer”) and other Buyers joined hereto from time to time (the “Buyers”) and CALIBER HOME LOANS, INC. (the “Seller”).

The Administrative Agent, as a Buyer, and the Seller previously entered into an Amended and Restated Master Repurchase Agreement, dated as of August 30, 2013 (the “Existing Repurchase Agreement”), which amended and restated the Master Repurchase Agreement, dated as of March 10, 2010;

Pursuant to that certain Assignment, Assumption and Appointment Agreement, dated as of June 15, 2016 among Administrative Agent, CS Cayman, as a Buyer, and certain Buyers identified therein, Administrative Agent sold and assigned its right title and interest in the Transactions and the related Purchased Mortgage Loans hereunder to such Buyers and was retained as Administrative Agent hereunder;

Administrative Agent may, from time to time, assign its rights and obligations under this Agreement as permitted hereunder; provided that Administrative Agent shall continue to administer this Agreement as contemplated hereunder;

The parties hereto have requested that the Existing Repurchase Agreement be amended and restated, in its entirety, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements contained herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

1. Applicability

From time to time the parties hereto may enter into transactions in which Seller agrees to transfer to a Buyer, or Administrative Agent on behalf of Buyers, Mortgage Loans (as hereinafter defined) on a servicing released basis against the transfer of funds by such Buyer, or Administrative Agent on behalf of such Buyer, with a simultaneous agreement by such Buyer, or the Administrative Agent on behalf of such Buyer to transfer to Seller such Mortgage Loans on a servicing released basis at a date certain or on demand, against the transfer of funds by Seller. This Agreement is a commitment by Committed Buyers and/or Administrative Agent on behalf of Committed Buyers to engage in the Transactions as set forth herein up to the Maximum Committed Purchase Price; provided, that Committed Buyers and Administrative Agent on behalf of Committed Buyers shall have no commitment to enter into any Transaction requested that would result in the aggregate Purchase Price of then-outstanding Transactions exceeding the Maximum Committed Purchase Price, and in no event shall the aggregate Purchase Price of outstanding Transactions exceed the Maximum Aggregate Purchase Price at any time. Each such transaction shall be referred to herein as a “Transaction” and, unless otherwise agreed in writing, shall be governed by this Agreement, including any supplemental terms or conditions contained in any annexes identified herein, as applicable hereunder.


2. Definitions

Whenever used in this Agreement, the following words and phrases, unless the context otherwise requires, shall have the following meanings:

Acceleration Action” means any Person having accelerated the maturity of the obligations under any Indebtedness or having otherwise exercised remedies with respect thereto.

Acceptable State” means any one of the fifty (50) states of the United States of America or the District of Columbia and acceptable pursuant to Seller’s Underwriting Guidelines.

Accepted Servicing Practices” means, with respect to any Mortgage Loan, those mortgage servicing practices of prudent mortgage lending institutions which service mortgage loans of the same type as such Mortgage Loan in the jurisdiction where the related Mortgaged Property is located, and which are in accordance with applicable law.

Act of Insolvency” means, with respect to any Person or its Subsidiaries, (i) the filing of a petition, commencing, or authorizing the commencement of any case or proceeding, or the voluntary joining of any case or proceeding under any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, liquidation, dissolution or similar law relating to the protection of creditors, or suffering any such petition or proceeding to be commenced by another which is consented to, not timely contested or results in entry of an order for relief; (ii) the seeking of the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian or similar official for such party or a Subsidiary or any substantial part of the property of either; (iii) the appointment of a receiver, conservator, or manager for such party or a Subsidiary by any governmental agency or authority having the jurisdiction to do so; (iv) the making or offering by such party or a Subsidiary of a composition with its creditors or a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; (v) the admission by such party or a Subsidiary of such party of its inability to pay its debts or discharge its obligations as they become due or mature; or (vi) that any governmental authority or agency or any person, agency or entity acting or purporting to act under governmental authority shall have taken any action to condemn, seize or appropriate, or to assume custody or control of, all or any substantial part of the property of such party or of any of its Subsidiaries, or shall have taken any action to displace the management of such party or of any of its Subsidiaries or to curtail its authority in the conduct of the business of such party or of any of its Subsidiaries.

Adjusted Tangible Net Worth” has the meaning set forth in the Pricing Side Letter.

Administrative Agent” means CSFBMC or any successor thereto under this Agreement.

Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any “affiliate” of such Person, as such term is defined in the Bankruptcy Code.

Aged Loan” has the meaning set forth in the Pricing Side Letter.

 

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Agency” means Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, GNMA or a state agency, as applicable.

Agency Guidelines” means the GNMA Guidelines, the Fannie Mae Guidelines and the Freddie Mac Guidelines, in each case as such guidelines have been or may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.

Agency Mortgage Loan” has the meaning set forth in the Pricing Side Letter.

Agency Security” means a mortgage-backed security issued by an Agency.

Aging Limit” has the meaning set forth in the Pricing Side Letter.

Agreement” means this Second Amended and Restated Master Repurchase Agreement, as it may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

Appraised Value” means the value set forth in an appraisal made in connection with the origination of the related Mortgage Loan as the value of the Mortgaged Property.

Asset Tape” means an electronic Mortgage Loan performance data, including, without limitation, delinquency reports and volume information, broken down by product (i.e., delinquency, foreclosure and net charge-off reports) and a remittance report containing servicing information, including, without limitation, those fields reasonably requested by Administrative Agent from time to time, on a loan-by-loan basis and in the aggregate, with respect to the Purchased Mortgage Loans serviced by Seller or any Servicer for the month (or any portion thereof) prior to the Reporting Date.

Asset Value” has the meaning set forth in the Pricing Side Letter.

Assignment and Acceptance” has the meaning set forth in Section 22 hereof.

Assignment of Mortgage” means an assignment of the Mortgage, notice of transfer or equivalent instrument in recordable form, sufficient under the laws of the jurisdiction wherein the related Mortgaged Property is located to reflect the transfer of the Mortgage.

Assignment of Proprietary Lease” means the specific agreement creating a first lien on and pledge of the Co-op Shares and the appurtenant Proprietary Lease securing a Co-op Loan.

Bailee Letter” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Custodial Agreement.

Bankruptcy Code” means the United States Bankruptcy Code of 1978, as amended from time to time.

Base Rate” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Pricing Side Letter.

 

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Business Day” means any day other than (i) a Saturday or Sunday; (ii) a day on which the New York Stock Exchange, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York or the Custodian is authorized or obligated by law or executive order to be closed or (iii) a public or bank holiday in New York City.

Buyer” means (i) CS Cayman, (ii) Alpine and (iii) each Buyer identified by the Administrative Agent from time to time, subject to Section 22 hereof.

Capital Lease Obligations” means, for any Person, all obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under a lease of (or other agreement conveying the right to use) Property to the extent such obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as a capital lease on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP, and, for purposes of this Agreement, the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof, determined in accordance with GAAP.

Cash Equivalents” means (a) securities with maturities of [***] or less from the date of acquisition issued or fully guaranteed or insured by the United States Government or any agency thereof, (b) certificates of deposit and eurodollar time deposits with maturities of [***] or less from the date of acquisition and overnight bank deposits of Administrative Agent or of any commercial bank having capital and surplus in excess of [***], (c) repurchase obligations of Administrative Agent or of any commercial bank satisfying the requirements of clause (b) of this definition, having a term of not more than [***] with respect to securities issued or fully guaranteed or insured by the United States Government, (d) commercial paper of a domestic issuer rated at least A-1 or the equivalent thereof by S&P or P-1 or the equivalent thereof by Moody’s and in either case maturing within [***] after the day of acquisition, (e) securities with maturities of [***] or less from the date of acquisition issued or fully guaranteed by any state, commonwealth or territory of the United States, by any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such state, commonwealth or territory or by any foreign government, the securities of which state, commonwealth, territory, political subdivision, taxing authority or foreign government (as the case may be) are rated at least A by S&P or A by Moody’s, (f) securities with maturities of [***] or less from the date of acquisition backed by standby letters of credit issued by Administrative Agent or any commercial bank satisfying the requirements of clause (b) of this definition or (g) shares of money market mutual or similar funds which invest exclusively in assets satisfying the requirements of clauses (a) through (f) of this definition.

Change in Control” means:

(A) any transaction or event as a result of which LSF6 Service Operations, LLC, ceases to own, beneficially or of record, 51% of the common stock of Seller;

(B) the sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of Seller’s assets (excluding any such action taken in connection with any securitization transaction); or

(C) the consummation of a merger or consolidation of Seller with or into another entity or any other corporate reorganization, if more than 50% of the combined voting power of the continuing or surviving entity’s stock outstanding immediately after such merger, consolidation or such other reorganization is owned by Persons who were not stockholders of Seller immediately prior to such merger, consolidation or other reorganization.

 

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Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

Commitment Fee” has the meaning set forth in the Pricing Side Letter.

Committed Buyer” means Credit Suisse AG, a company incorporated in Switzerland, acting through its Cayman Islands Branch.

Committed Mortgage Loan” means a Mortgage Loan which is the subject of a Take-out Commitment with a Take-out Investor.

Conforming Mortgage Loan” means a first lien Mortgage Loan originated in accordance with the criteria of an Agency for purchase of Mortgage Loans, including, without limitation, conventional Mortgage Loans, FHA Loans, VA Loans and USDA Loans, as determined by Administrative Agent in its sole discretion.

Co-op” means a private, cooperative housing corporation, having only one class of stock outstanding, which owns or leases land and all or part of a building or buildings, including apartments, spaces used for commercial purposes and common areas therein and whose board of directors authorizes the sale of stock and the issuance of a Proprietary Lease.

Co-op Corporation” means, with respect to any Co-op Loan, the cooperative apartment corporation that holds legal title to the related Co-op Project and grants occupancy rights to units therein to stockholders through Proprietary Leases or similar arrangements.

Co-op Lien Search” means a search for (a) federal tax liens, mechanics’ liens, lis pendens, judgments of record or otherwise against (i) the Co-op Corporation and (ii) seller of the Co-op Unit, (b) filings Uniform Commercial Code financing statements and (c) the deed of the Co-op Project into the Co-op Corporation.

Co-op Loan” means a Mortgage Loan secured by the pledge of stock allocated to a dwelling unit in a residential cooperative housing corporation and collateral assignment of the related Proprietary Lease.

Co-op Project” means, with respect to any Co-op Loan, all real property and improvements thereto and rights therein and thereto owned by a Co-op Corporation including without limitation the land, separate dwelling units and all common elements.

Co-op Shares” means, with respect to any Co-op Loan, the shares of stock issued by a Co-op Corporation and allocated to a Co-op Unit and represented by a stock certificate.

Co-op Unit” means, with respect to any Co-op Loan, a specific unit in a Co-op Project.

 

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Correspondent Loan” means a Mortgage Loan which is (i) originated by a Correspondent Seller and underwritten in accordance with the Underwriting Guidelines and (ii) acquired by the Seller from a Correspondent Seller in the ordinary course of business, for sale to the Administrative Agent on behalf of Buyers pursuant to this Agreement.

Correspondent Seller” means a mortgage loan originator that sells Mortgage Loans originated by it to Seller as a “correspondent” client.

Correspondent Release” means, with respect to any Correspondent Loan, a release by any third party lender that has a secured interest in the Correspondent Loan of all right, title and interest, including any such security interest, in such Correspondent Loan. The form of such Correspondent Release shall be mutually acceptable to Administrative Agent and Seller.

CP Conduit” means a commercial paper conduit, including but not limited to Alpine Securitization LTD, administered, managed or supported by CSFBMC or an Affiliate of CSFBMC.

CSFBMC” means Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Capital LLC, or any successors or assigns.

Custodial Agreement” means the second amended and restated custodial agreement dated as of August 26, 2016, among Seller, Buyers, Administrative Agent and Custodian as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

Custodial Mortgage Loan Schedule” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Custodial Agreement.

Custodian” means Deutsche Bank National Trust Company or such other party specified by Administrative Agent and agreed to by Seller, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld.

DE Compare Ratio” means the Two Year FHA Direct Endorsement Lender Compare Ratio, excluding streamline FHA refinancings, as made publicly available by HUD.

Debtor Relief Law” means any law, administration, or regulation relating to reorganization, winding up, administration, composition or adjustment of debts or otherwise relating to bankruptcy or insolvency.

Default” means an Event of Default or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become an Event of Default.

Dollars” and “$” means dollars in lawful currency of the United States of America.

Due Date” means the day of the month on which the Monthly Payment is due on a Mortgage Loan, exclusive of any days of grace.

Due Diligence Cap” has the meaning set forth in the Pricing Side Letter.

 

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Effective Date” means the date upon which the conditions precedent set forth in Section 10 shall have been satisfied.

Electronic Tracking Agreement” means an Electronic Tracking Agreement among Administrative Agent, Seller, Buyers, MERS and MERSCORP Holdings, Inc., to the extent applicable as the same may be amended from time to time.

ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time and any successor thereto, and the regulations promulgated and administrative rulings issued thereunder.

ERISA Affiliate” means any Subsidiary of Seller that, together with Seller is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code or solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code is treated as single employer described in Section 414 of the Code.

Escrow Instruction Letter” means the Escrow Instruction Letter from Seller to the Settlement Agent, in the form of Exhibit K hereto, as the same may be modified, supplemented and in effect from time to time.

Escrow Payments” means, with respect to any Mortgage Loan, the amounts constituting ground rents, taxes, assessments, water rates, sewer rents, municipal charges, mortgage insurance premiums, fire and hazard insurance premiums, condominium charges, and any other payments required to be escrowed by the Mortgagor with the mortgagee pursuant to the Mortgage or any other document.

Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 15 hereof.

Event of Termination” means with respect to Seller (i) with respect to any Plan, a reportable event, as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA, as to which the PBGC has not by regulation waived the requirement of Section 4043(a) of ERISA that it be notified within thirty (30) days of the occurrence of such event, or (ii) the withdrawal of Seller or any ERISA Affiliate thereof from a Plan during a plan year in which it is a substantial employer, as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA, or (iii) the failure by Seller or any ERISA Affiliate thereof to meet the minimum funding standard of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA with respect to any Plan, including, without limitation, the failure to make on or before its due date a required installment under Section 412(m) of the Code (or Section 430 (j) of the Code as amended by the Pension Protection Act) or Section 302(e) of ERISA (or Section 303 (j) of ERISA, as amended by the Pension Protection Act), or (iv) the distribution under Section 4041 of ERISA of a notice of intent to terminate any Plan or any action taken by Seller or any ERISA Affiliate thereof to terminate any plan, or (v) the failure to meet requirements of Section 436 of the Code resulting in the loss of qualified status under Section 401(a)(29) of the Code, or (vi) the institution by the PBGC of proceedings under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Plan, or (vii) the receipt by Seller or any ERISA Affiliate thereof of a notice from a Multiemployer Plan that action of the type described in the previous clause (vi) has been taken by the PBGC with respect to such Multiemployer Plan, or (viii) any event or circumstance exists which may reasonably be expected to constitute grounds for Seller or any ERISA Affiliate thereof to incur liability under Title IV of ERISA or under Sections 412 (b) or 430 (k) of the Code with respect to any Plan.

 

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Excluded Taxes” means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to a Buyer or other recipient of any payment hereunder or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to such Buyer or such other recipient: (a) Taxes based on (or measured by) net income or net profits, franchise Taxes and branch profits Taxes that are imposed on a Buyer or other recipient of any payment hereunder as a result of (i) being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or its applicable lending office located in the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof), or (ii) a present or former connection between such Buyer or other recipient and the jurisdiction of the Governmental Authority imposing such Tax or any political subdivision or Taxing authority thereof (other than connections arising from such Buyer or other recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced under this Agreement or any Program Agreement, or sold or assigned an interest in any Purchased Mortgage Loan) (such clause (ii) connections hereinafter referred to as “Unrelated Connections”); (b) any Tax imposed on a Buyer or other recipient of a payment hereunder that is attributable to such Buyer’s or other recipient’s failure to comply with relevant requirements set forth in Section 11(e)(ii); (c) any withholding Tax that is imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Buyer or other recipient of a payment hereunder pursuant to a law in effect on the date such person becomes a party to or under (or acquires its interest under) this Agreement, or such person changes its lending office, except in each case to the extent that amounts with respect to Taxes were payable either to such person’s assignor immediately before such person became a party hereto or to such person immediately before it changed its lending office; and (d) any U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA.

Existing Indebtedness” has the meaning specified in Section 13(a)(23) hereof.

Fannie Mae” means Fannie Mae, the government sponsored enterprise formerly known as the Federal National Mortgage Association or any successor thereto.

Fannie Mae Guidelines” means the FNMA Selling and Servicing Guides and all amendments or additions thereto.

FATCA” means sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof and any agreements entered into pursuant to section 1471(b)(1) of the Code.

FHA” means the Federal Housing Administration, an agency within the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, or any successor thereto, and including the Federal Housing Commissioner and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development where appropriate under the FHA Regulations.

 

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FHA 203(k) Loan” means the initial draw made on an FHA Loan that is eligible for FHA’s 203(k) loan program.

FHA Approved Mortgagee” means a corporation or institution approved as a mortgagee by the FHA under the National Housing Act, as amended from time to time, and applicable FHA Regulations, and eligible to own and service mortgage loans such as the FHA Loans.

FHA Loan” means a Mortgage Loan which is the subject of an FHA Mortgage Insurance Contract.

FHA Mortgage Insurance” means, mortgage insurance authorized under the National Housing Act, as amended from time to time, and provided by the FHA.

FHA Mortgage Insurance Contract” means the contractual obligation of the FHA respecting the insurance of a Mortgage Loan.

FHA Regulations” means the regulations promulgated by the Department of Housing and Urban Development under the National Housing Act, as amended from time to time and codified in 24 Code of Federal Regulations, and other Department of Housing and Urban Development issuances relating to FHA Loans, including the related handbooks, circulars, notices and mortgagee letters.

FICO” means Fair Isaac & Co., or any successor thereto.

Fidelity Insurance” means insurance coverage with respect to employee errors, omissions, dishonesty, forgery, theft, disappearance and destruction, robbery and safe burglary, property (other than money and securities) and computer fraud in an aggregate amount acceptable to Seller’s regulators.

Freddie Mac” means the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation or any successor thereto.

Freddie Mac Guidelines” means the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Seller’s Guide and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Servicers’ Guide and all amendments or additions thereto.

GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in effect from time to time in the United States of America and applied on a consistent basis.

GNMA” means the Government National Mortgage Association and any successor thereto.

GNMA Guidelines” means the GNMA Handbooks 5500.3 and all amendments or additions thereto.

 

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Governmental Authority” means any nation or government, any state or other political subdivision thereof, or any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions over Seller, Administrative Agent or any Buyer, as applicable.

Gross Margin” means, with respect to each adjustable rate Mortgage Loan, the fixed percentage amount set forth in the related Mortgage Note.

Guarantee” means, as to any Person, any obligation of such Person directly or indirectly guaranteeing any Indebtedness of any other Person or in any manner providing for the payment of any Indebtedness of any other Person or otherwise protecting the holder of such Indebtedness against loss (whether by virtue of partnership arrangements, by agreement to keep-well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or services, or to take-or-pay or otherwise); provided that the term “Guarantee” shall not include (i) endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business, or (ii) obligations to make servicing advances for delinquent taxes and insurance or other obligations in respect of a Mortgage Loan or Mortgaged Property, to the extent required by Administrative Agent. The amount of any Guarantee of a Person shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the primary obligation in respect of which such Guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by such Person in good faith. The terms “Guarantee” and “Guaranteed” used as verbs shall have correlative meanings.

High Cost Mortgage Loan” means a Mortgage Loan (a) classified as a “high cost” loan under the Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act of 1994; (b) classified as a “high cost,” “threshold,” “covered,” or “predatory” loan under any other applicable state, federal or local law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law, regulation or ordinance imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees) or (c) having a percentage listed under the Indicative Loss Severity Column (the column that appears in the S&P Anti-Predatory Lending Law Update Table, included in the then-current S&P’s LEVELS® Glossary of Terms on Appendix E).

HUD” means the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development or any successor thereto.

Income” means with respect to any Purchased Mortgage Loan at any time until repurchased by the Seller, any principal received thereon or in respect thereof and all interest, dividends or other distributions thereon.

Indebtedness” means, for any Person: at any time, and only to the extent outstanding at such time: (a) obligations created, issued or incurred by such Person for borrowed money (whether by loan, the issuance and sale of debt securities or the sale of Property to another Person subject to an understanding or agreement, contingent or otherwise, to repurchase such Property from such Person); (b) obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase or acquisition price of Property or services, other than (i) deferred purchase price that is contingent upon performance and (ii) trade accounts payable (other than for borrowed money) arising, and accrued expenses incurred, in the ordinary course of business, so long as such trade accounts payable are payable within 90 days after the date the respective goods are delivered or the

 

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respective services are rendered; (c) Indebtedness of others secured by a Lien on the Property of such Person, whether or not the respective Indebtedness so secured has been assumed by such Person; (d) obligations (contingent or otherwise) of such Person in respect of letters of credit or similar instruments issued or accepted by banks and other financial institutions for the account of such Person; (e) Capital Lease Obligations of such Person; (f) obligations of such Person under repurchase agreements, sale/buy-back agreements or like arrangements, including, without limitation, any Indebtedness arising hereunder; (g) Indebtedness of others Guaranteed by such Person; (h) all obligations of such Person incurred in connection with the acquisition or carrying of fixed assets by such Person; (i) Indebtedness of general partnerships of which such Person is a general partner and (j) with respect to clauses (a)-(i) above both on and off balance sheet.

Indemnified Taxes” means (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of the Seller hereunder or under any Program Agreement and (b) Other Taxes.

Index” means, with respect to any adjustable rate Mortgage Loan, the index identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule and set forth in the related Mortgage Note for the purpose of calculating the applicable Mortgage Interest Rate.

Interest Only Adjustment Date” means, with respect to each Interest Only Loan, the date, specified in the related Mortgage Note on which the Monthly Payment will be adjusted to include principal as well as interest.

Interest Only Loan” means a Mortgage Loan which only requires payments of interest for a period of time specified in the related Mortgage Note.

Interest Rate Adjustment Date” means the date on which an adjustment to the Mortgage Interest Rate with respect to each Mortgage Loan becomes effective.

Interest Rate Protection Agreement” means, with respect to any or all of the Purchased Mortgage Loans, any short sale of a U.S. Treasury Security, or futures contract, or mortgage related security, or eurodollar futures contract, or options related contract, or interest rate swap, cap or collar agreement or Take-out Commitment, or similar arrangement providing for protection against fluctuations in interest rates or the exchange of nominal interest obligations, either generally or under specific contingencies, entered into by Seller and an Affiliate of Administrative Agent or such other party acceptable to Buyers or Administrative Agent in their sole discretion, which agreement is acceptable to Buyers or Administrative Agent in their sole discretion.

Lien” means any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or similar encumbrance.

Loan to Value Ratio” or “LTV” means with respect to any Mortgage Loan, the ratio of the original outstanding principal amount of such Mortgage Loan to the lesser of (a) the Appraised Value of the Mortgaged Property at origination or (b) if the Mortgaged Property was purchased within 12 months of the origination of such Mortgage Loan, the purchase price of the Mortgaged Property.

 

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Margin Call” has the meaning specified in Section 6(a) hereof.

Margin Deadline” has the meaning specified in Section 6(b) hereof.

Margin Deficit” has the meaning specified in Section 6(a) hereof.

Market Value” has the meaning set forth in the Pricing Side Letter.

Material Adverse Effect” means (a) a material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect upon, the operations, business, properties or condition (financial or otherwise) of Seller or any other Subsidiary of Seller that is a party to any Program Agreement taken as a whole; (b) a material impairment of the ability of Seller or any other Subsidiary of Seller that is a party to any Program Agreement to perform under any Program Agreement and to avoid any Event of Default; or (c) a material adverse effect upon the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability of any Program Agreement against Seller or any other Subsidiary of Seller that is a party to any Program Agreement, in each case as determined by Administrative Agent in its sole good faith discretion.

Maximum Aggregate Purchase Price” has the meaning set forth in the Pricing Side Letter.

Maximum Committed Purchase Price” has the meaning set forth in the Pricing Side Letter.

MERS” means Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, or any successor thereto.

MERS System” means the system of recording transfers of mortgages electronically maintained by MERS.

Monthly Payment” means the scheduled monthly payment of principal and/or interest on a Mortgage Loan.

Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or any successors thereto.

Mortgage” means each mortgage, assignment of rents, security agreement and fixture filing, or deed of trust, assignment of rents, security agreement and fixture filing, deed to secure debt, assignment of rents, security agreement and fixture filing, or similar instrument creating and evidencing a lien on real property and other property and rights incidental thereto, unless such Mortgage is granted in connection with a Co-op Loan, in which case the first lien position is in the stock of the subject cooperative association and in the tenant’s rights in the cooperative lease relating to such stock.

Mortgage File” means, with respect to a Mortgage Loan, the documents and instruments relating to such Mortgage Loan and set forth in Exhibit F to the Custodial Agreement.

 

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Mortgage Interest Rate” means the rate of interest borne on a Mortgage Loan from time to time in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Note.

Mortgage Interest Rate Cap” means, with respect to an adjustable rate Mortgage Loan, the limit on each Mortgage Interest Rate adjustment as set forth in the related Mortgage Note.

Mortgage Loan” means any first lien closed Agency Mortgage Loan, Scratch and Dent Mortgage Loan, Non-Agency QM Mortgage Loan or Non-Agency Non-QM Mortgage Loan which is a fixed or floating-rate, one-to-four-family residential mortgage or home equity loan evidenced by a promissory note and secured by a first lien mortgage, which satisfies the requirements set forth in the Underwriting Guidelines and Section 13(b) hereof; provided, however, that, Mortgage Loans shall not include any High Cost Mortgage Loans.

Mortgage Loan Documents” means the documents in the related Mortgage File to be delivered to the Custodian.

Mortgage Loan Schedule” means with respect to any Transaction as of any date, a mortgage loan schedule in the form of either (a) Exhibit C attached hereto or (b) a computer tape or other electronic medium generated by Seller, and delivered to Administrative Agent and Custodian, which provides information (including, without limitation, the information set forth on Exhibit C attached hereto) required by Buyers or Administrative Agent to enter into Transactions relating to the Purchased Mortgage Loans in a format acceptable to Buyers or Administrative Agent.

Mortgage Note” means the promissory note or other evidence of the indebtedness of a Mortgagor secured by a Mortgage.

Mortgaged Property” means the real property or other Co-op Loan collateral securing repayment of the debt evidenced by a Mortgage Note.

Mortgagor” means the obligor or obligors on a Mortgage Note, including any person who has assumed or guaranteed the obligations of the obligor thereunder.

MSR Valuation” shall mean the lesser of (i) the value of the mortgage servicing rights owned by the Seller as set forth in the Seller’s most recent balance sheet as determined by the Seller as of such date in accordance with GAAP, (ii) the Administrative Agent’s valuation of such mortgage servicing rights as determined in good faith by Buyers or the Administrative Agent, or (iii) a Third Party Evaluator’s valuation of such mortgage servicing rights as determined by such Third Party Evaluator.

Multiemployer Plan” means a multiemployer plan defined as such in Section 3(37) of ERISA to which contributions have been or are required to be made by Seller or any ERISA Affiliate and that is covered by Title IV of ERISA.

Net Income” means, for any period and any Person, the net income of such Person for such period as determined in accordance with GAAP.

 

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Net Worth” means, with respect to any Person, an amount equal to, on a consolidated basis, such Person’s stockholder equity (determined in accordance with GAAP).

1934 Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.

Non-Agency Non-QM Mortgage Loan” means a Non-Agency Mortgage Loan that (a) meets all applicable criteria as set forth in the Underwriting Guidelines, (b) does not meet the requirements for a Qualified Mortgage Loan and (c) is otherwise acceptable to Buyers or Administrative Agent in their sole discretion.

Non-Agency QM Mortgage Loan” means a Mortgage Loan that (a) does not meet the criteria for an Agency Mortgage Loan; (b) meets all applicable criteria as set forth in the Underwriting Guidelines and (c) is otherwise acceptable to Buyers or Administrative Agent in their sole discretion.

Notice Date” has the meaning given to it in Section 3(b) hereof.

Obligations” means (a) all of Seller’s indebtedness, obligations to pay the Repurchase Price on the Repurchase Date, the Price Differential on each Price Differential Payment Date, and other obligations and liabilities, to Administrative Agent and Buyers, their respective Affiliates or Custodian arising under, or in connection with, the Program Agreements, whether now existing or hereafter arising; (b) any and all sums paid by Administrative Agent, any Buyer or Administrative Agent on behalf of Buyers in order to preserve any Purchased Mortgage Loan or its interest therein; (c) in the event of any proceeding for the collection or enforcement of any of Seller’s indebtedness, obligations or liabilities referred to in clause (a), the reasonable expenses of retaking, holding, collecting, preparing for sale, selling or otherwise disposing of or realizing on any Purchased Mortgage Loan, or of any exercise by Buyers or Administrative Agent on behalf of Buyers of their rights under the Program Agreements, including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees and disbursements and court costs; and (d) all of Seller’s indemnity obligations to Administrative Agent, Buyers or Custodian pursuant to the Program Agreements.

OFAC” has the meaning set forth in Section 13(a)(28) hereof.

Officer’s Compliance Certificate” has the meaning set forth in the Pricing Side Letter.

Other Taxes” means any and all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes or any excise, sales, goods and services or transfer taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any payment made hereunder or from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Program Agreement other than such Taxes imposed with respect to any assignment or transfer and imposed as a result of Unrelated Connections.

PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any entity succeeding to any or all of its functions under ERISA.

 

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Pension Protection Act” means the Pension Protection Act of 2006.

Permitted Affiliate Transaction” means each of the following, in each case only so long as no Default or Event of Default exists and only to the extent not prohibited by applicable law: (i) the payment of reasonable fees and expenses to Hudson Advisors LLC (“Hudson”) or any of its Affiliates on account of services actually performed by Hudson or its Affiliate for Seller’s benefit, (ii) any financing transaction with any Affiliate that is a direct parent of Seller, any Affiliate of a direct parent of Seller or involving any Subsidiary of Seller that is a special purpose entity created for the purpose of such financing and (iii) any transaction between Seller and a wholly owned Subsidiary of Seller involving an amount due to or from Seller not to exceed $[***].

Person” means an individual, partnership, corporation (including a business trust), limited liability company, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture or other entity, or a government or any political subdivision or agency thereof.

Plan” means an employee benefit or other plan established or maintained by the Seller or any ERISA Affiliate and covered by Title IV of ERISA, other than a Multiemployer Plan.

Post-Default Rate” has the meaning set forth in the Pricing Side Letter.

Power of Attorney” means an amended and restated Power of Attorney substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto.

Price Differential” means with respect to any Transaction as of any date of determination, an amount equal to the product of (A) the Pricing Rate for such Transaction and

(B) the Purchase Price for such Transaction, calculated daily on the basis of a 360-day year for the actual number of days during the period commencing on (and including) the Purchase Date for such Transaction and ending on (but excluding) the Repurchase Date.

Price Differential Payment Date” means, with respect to a Purchased Mortgage Loan, the fifth (5th) day of the month following the related Purchase Date and each succeeding fifth (5th) day of the month thereafter; provided, that, with respect to such Purchased Mortgage Loan, the final Price Differential Payment Date shall be the related Repurchase Date; and provided, further, that if any such day is not a Business Day, the Price Differential Payment Date shall be the next succeeding Business Day.

Pricing Rate” has the meaning set forth in the Pricing Side Letter.

Pricing Side Letter” means the amended and restated letter agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among Buyers, Administrative Agent and Seller as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

Program Agreements” means, collectively, the Servicing Agreement, if any, the Servicer Notice, if any, the Custodial Agreement, this Agreement, the Electronic Tracking Agreement, the Power of Attorney and the Pricing Side Letter.

 

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Prohibited Person” has the meaning set forth in Section 13(a)(28) hereof.

Property” means any right or interest in or to property of any kind whatsoever, whether real, personal or mixed and whether tangible or intangible.

Proprietary Lease” means the lease on a Co-op Unit evidencing the possessory interest of the owner in the Co-op Shares in such Co-op Unit.

Purchase Date” means the date on which Purchased Mortgage Loans are to be transferred by Seller to a Buyer.

Purchase Price” means the price at which each Purchased Mortgage Loan is transferred by Seller to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of Buyers, which shall equal:

(i) on the Purchase Date, in the case of all Purchased Mortgage Loans, the applicable Purchase Price Percentage multiplied by the lesser of either: (x) the Market Value of such Purchased Mortgage Loan or (y) the outstanding principal amount thereof as set forth on the related Mortgage Loan Schedule;

(ii) on any day after the Purchase Date, except where Buyers or Administrative Agent and the Seller agree otherwise, the amount determined under the immediately preceding clause (i) decreased by the amount of any cash transferred by the Seller to Administrative Agent or applied to reduce the Seller’s obligations under clause (ii) of Section 4(b) hereof or Section 6 hereof.

Purchase Price Percentage” has the meaning set forth in the Pricing Side Letter.

Purchased Mortgage Loans” means the collective reference to Mortgage Loans together with the Repurchase Assets related to such Mortgage Loans transferred by Seller to Buyers in a Transaction hereunder, and/or listed on the related Mortgage Loan Schedule attached to the related Transaction Request, which such Mortgage Loans the Custodian has been instructed to hold pursuant to the Custodial Agreement.

Qualified Insurer” means an insurance company duly authorized and licensed where required by law to transact insurance business and approved as an insurer by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac.

Qualified Mortgage Loan” means a Mortgage Loan which is a “Qualified Mortgage” as defined in 12 CFR 1026.43(e).

Qualified Originator” means an originator of Mortgage Loans which is acceptable under the Underwriting Guidelines.

Recognition Agreement” means, an agreement among a Co-op Corporation, a lender and a Mortgagor with respect to a Co-op Loan whereby such parties (i) acknowledge that such lender may make, or intends to make, such Co-op Loan, and (ii) make certain agreements with respect to such Co-op Loan.

 

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Records” means all instruments, agreements and other books, records, and reports and data generated by other media for the storage of information maintained by Seller or any other person or entity with respect to a Purchased Mortgage Loan. Records shall include the Mortgage Notes, any Mortgages, the Mortgage Files, the credit files related to the Purchased Mortgage Loan and any other instruments necessary to document or service a Mortgage Loan.

Register” has the meaning set forth in Section 22 hereof.

Repledge Transaction” has the meaning set forth in Section 18 hereof.

Repledgee” means each Repledgee identified by Buyers or the Administrative Agent from time to time.

Reporting Date” means the seventh (7th) day of each month or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day.

Repurchase Assets” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 8 hereof.

Repurchase Date” means the earlier of (i) the Termination Date, (ii) the date determined by application of Section 16 hereof or (iii) the date identified to Administrative Agent by Seller as the date that the related Mortgage Loan is to be sold pursuant to a Take-out Commitment and funds received pursuant to a Take-out Commitment and as such date of sale and funding may be modified in the ordinary course of business pursuant to a Take-out Commitment.

Repurchase Price” means the price at which Purchased Mortgage Loans are to be transferred from the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Buyers, to Seller upon termination of a Transaction, which will be determined in each case (including Transactions terminable upon demand) as the sum of the Purchase Price and the accrued but unpaid Price Differential as of the date of such determination.

Request for Certification” means a notice sent to the Custodian reflecting the sale of one or more Purchased Mortgage Loans to Buyers or Administrative Agent for the benefit of Buyers hereunder.

Requirement of Law” means, with respect to any Person, any law, treaty, rule or regulation or determination of an arbitrator, a court or other governmental authority, applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any of its property is subject.

Responsible Officer” means as to any Person, the chief executive officer, the chief financial officer, secretary or any officer having the title of senior vice president or above of such Person who has knowledge of the respective matters as part of their daily duties.

S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, or any successor thereto.

 

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Scratch and Dent Mortgage Loan” means a first lien Mortgage Loan (i) originated by Seller in accordance with the criteria of an Agency or Non-Agency QM Mortgage Loan, as applicable, except such Mortgage Loan is not eligible for sale to the original Take-out Investor or has been subsequently repurchased from such original Take-out Investor, in each case, for reasons other than delinquent payment under such Mortgage Loan, (ii) is acceptable to Buyers or Administrative Agent in their sole discretion and (iii) which is not thirty (30) or more days delinquent.

SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any successor thereto.

Seller” means Caliber Home Loans, Inc. or its permitted successors and assigns.

Servicer” means Seller or any other servicer approved by Buyers or Administrative Agent in their sole discretion.

Servicer Notice” means the notice acknowledged by a third party Servicer substantially in the form of Exhibit L hereto.

Servicing Agreement” means any Servicing Agreement entered into between Seller and a third party Servicer as the same may be amended from time to time.

Servicing Rights” means rights of any Person to administer, service or subservice, the Purchased Mortgage Loans or to possess related Records.

Settlement Agent” means, with respect to any Transaction the subject of which is a Wet-Ink Mortgage Loan, the entity approved by Buyers or Administrative Agent, in their sole good-faith discretion, which may be a title company, escrow company or attorney in accordance with local law and practice in the jurisdiction where the related Wet-Ink Mortgage Loan is being originated. A Settlement Agent is deemed approved unless Administrative Agent notifies Seller otherwise at any time electronically or in writing.

SIPA” means the Securities Investor Protection Act of 1970, as amended from time to time.

Stock Certificate” means, with respect to a Co-op Loan, the certificates evidencing ownership of the Co-op Shares issued by the Co-op Corporation.

Stock Power” means, with respect to a Co-op Loan, an assignment of the Stock Certificate or an assignment of the Co-op Shares issued by the Co-op Corporation.

Subordinated Debt” means, Indebtedness of Seller (i) which is unsecured, (ii) for which no part of the principal of such Indebtedness is required to be paid (whether by way of mandatory sinking fund, mandatory redemption, mandatory prepayment or otherwise) prior to the date which is one year following the Termination Date and (iii) for which the payment of the principal of and interest on such Indebtedness and other obligations of Seller in respect of such Indebtedness are subordinated to the prior payment in full of the principal of and interest (including post-petition obligations) on the Transactions and all other obligations and liabilities of Seller to Buyers or Administrative Agent hereunder on terms and conditions approved in writing by Buyers or Administrative Agent and all other terms and conditions of which are satisfactory in form and substance to Administrative Agent.

 

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Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership or other entity of which at least a majority of the securities or other ownership interests are at the time directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such Person, which securities or ownership interests have ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors or other persons performing similar functions of such corporation, partnership or other entity (irrespective of whether or not any other securities or ownership interests of any other class or classes of such corporation, partnership or other entity have or may have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency).

Take-out Commitment” means a commitment of Seller to either (a) sell one or more identified Mortgage Loans to a Take-out Investor or (b) (i) swap one or more identified Mortgage Loans with a Take-out Investor that is an Agency for an Agency Security, and (ii) sell the related Agency Security to a Take-out Investor, and in each case, the corresponding Take-out Investor’s commitment back to Seller to effectuate any of the foregoing, as applicable, but only with respect to the Purchased Mortgage Loans transferred by Seller to a Buyer hereunder. It being understood that a Take-out Commitment may be applicable to a number of mortgage loans, including mortgage loans subject to other warehouse credit facilities, and as a result the contractual rights under such Take-out Commitment shall be divisible with respect to the Purchased Mortgage Loans hereunder.

Take-out Investor” means (i) an Agency or (ii) other institution which has made a Take-out Commitment and has been approved by Buyers or Administrative Agent for the benefit of Buyers.

Taxes” means any and all present or future taxes (including social security contributions and value added taxes), levies, imposts, duties (including stamp duties), deductions, charges (including ad valorem charges), withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges of any nature whatsoever imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.

Termination Date” has the meaning set forth in the Pricing Side Letter.

Test Period” has the meaning set forth in the Pricing Side Letter.

Third Party Evaluator” shall mean an appraiser approved by Buyers or Administrative Agent in their sole good faith discretion.

TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure Rule” or “TRID” means the Truth-in-Lending Act and Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act Integrated Disclosure Rule, adopted by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which is effective for residential mortgage loan applications received on or after October 3, 2015.

Transaction” has the meaning set forth in Section 1 hereof.

Transaction Request” means a request via email from Seller to Administrative Agent notifying Administrative Agent that Seller wishes to enter into a Transaction hereunder that indicates that it is a Transaction Request under this Agreement.

 

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Trust Receipt” means, with respect to any Transaction as of any date, a trust receipt in the form attached as an exhibit to the Custodial Agreement.

Underwriting Guidelines” means the standards, procedures and guidelines of the Seller for underwriting and acquiring Mortgage Loans, which are set forth in the written policies and procedures of the Seller, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit G and such other guidelines as are identified and approved in writing by Buyers or Administrative Agent.

Uniform Commercial Code” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect on the date hereof in the State of New York or the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the applicable jurisdiction.

Unrelated Connections” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Excluded Taxes.”

USDA Loan” means a first lien Mortgage Loan originated in accordance with the criteria established by and guaranteed by the United States Department of Agriculture.

U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate” has the meaning set forth in Section 11(e)(ii)(B) hereof.

VA” means the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, an agency of the United States of America, or any successor thereto including the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

VA Approved Lender” means a lender which is approved by the VA to act as a lender in connection with the origination of VA Loans.

VA Loan” means a Mortgage Loan which is subject of a VA Loan Guaranty Agreement as evidenced by a loan guaranty certificate, or a Mortgage Loan which is a vendor loan sold by the VA.

VA Loan Guaranty Agreement” means the obligation of the United States to pay a specific percentage of a Mortgage Loan (subject to a maximum amount) upon default of the Mortgagor pursuant to the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act, as amended.

Violation Deadline” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 4(c) hereof.

Wet-Ink Delivery Date” has the meaning set forth in the Pricing Side Letter and the Custodial Agreement.

Wet-Ink Documents” means, with respect to any Wet-Ink Mortgage Loan, the (a) Transaction Request and (b) the Mortgage Loan Schedule.

Wet-Ink Mortgage Loan” means a Mortgage Loan which Seller is selling to a Buyer or Administrative Agent for the benefit of a Buyer simultaneously with the origination thereof.

 

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3. Program; Initiation of Transactions

a. From time to time, Buyers and/or Administrative Agent on behalf of Buyers will purchase from Seller certain Mortgage Loans that have been either originated by Seller or purchased by Seller from other originators. This Agreement is a commitment by Committed Buyers and Administrative Agent on behalf of Committed Buyers to enter into Transactions with Seller up to an aggregate amount equal to the Maximum Committed Purchase Price. This Agreement is not a commitment by Committed Buyers or Administrative Agent on behalf of Committed Buyers to enter into Transactions with Seller for amounts exceeding the Maximum Committed Purchase Price, but rather, sets forth the procedures to be used in connection with periodic requests for Buyers or Administrative Agent on behalf of Buyers to enter into Transactions with Seller. Seller hereby acknowledges that, beyond the Maximum Committed Purchase Price, neither any Buyer nor Administrative Agent on behalf of Buyers is under any obligation to agree to enter into, or to enter into, any Transaction pursuant to this Agreement. All Purchased Mortgage Loans shall exceed or meet the Underwriting Guidelines, and shall be serviced by a Servicer. The aggregate Purchase Price of Purchased Mortgage Loans subject to outstanding Transactions shall not exceed the Maximum Aggregate Purchase Price.

b. Seller shall give Administrative Agent and Custodian at least one (1) Business Day’s prior notice of any proposed Purchase Date (the date on which such notice is given, the “Notice Date”). On the Notice Date, Seller shall request that Buyers or Administrative Agent enter into a Transaction by (i) furnishing to Administrative Agent a Transaction Request, (ii) delivering to Administrative Agent and Custodian a Mortgage Loan Schedule and (iii) delivering to Custodian, or the Administrative Agent, with respect to each Wet-Ink Mortgage Loan, either a Request for Certification and each Mortgage File or Wet-Ink Documents for each Wet-Ink Mortgage Loan, as applicable, in accordance with Section 10(b)(3) hereof. In the event the Mortgage Loan Schedule provided by Seller contains erroneous computer data, is not formatted properly or the computer fields are otherwise improperly aligned, Administrative Agent shall provide written or electronic notice to Seller describing such error and Seller shall promptly correct the computer data, reformat or properly align the computer fields itself and resubmit the Mortgage Loan Schedule as required herein.

c. Reserved.

d. Reserved.

e. Upon the satisfaction of the applicable conditions precedent set forth in Section 10 hereof, all of Seller’s interest in the Repurchase Assets shall pass to Buyers or Administrative Agent on behalf of Buyers on the Purchase Date, against the transfer of the Purchase Price to Seller. Upon transfer of the Mortgage Loans to Buyers or Administrative Agent on behalf of Buyers as set forth in this Section and until termination of any related Transactions as set forth in Sections 4

 

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or 16 of this Agreement, ownership of each Mortgage Loan, including each document in the related Mortgage File and Records, is vested in the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the applicable Buyers; provided that, prior to the recordation by the Custodian as provided for in the Custodial Agreement record title in the name of Seller to each Mortgage Loan shall be retained by Seller in trust, for the benefit of Buyers or Administrative Agent, for the sole purpose of facilitating the servicing and the supervision of the servicing of the Mortgage Loans. For the avoidance of doubt, the parties acknowledge and agree that the Purchased Mortgage Loans shall be held by Buyers or the Administrative Agent for the benefit of Buyers.

f. With respect to each Wet-Ink Mortgage Loan, by no later than the Wet-Ink Delivery Date, Seller shall cause the related Settlement Agent to deliver to the Custodian the remaining documents in the Mortgage File, as more particularly set forth in the Custodial Agreement.

4. Repurchase

a. Seller shall repurchase the related Purchased Mortgage Loans from Buyers or Administrative Agent on behalf of Buyers on each related Repurchase Date. Such obligation to repurchase exists without regard to any prior or intervening liquidation or foreclosure with respect to any Purchased Mortgage Loan (but liquidation or foreclosure proceeds received by Buyers or Administrative Agent shall be applied to reduce the Repurchase Price for such Purchased Mortgage Loan on each Price Differential Payment Date except as otherwise provided herein). Seller is obligated to repurchase and take physical possession of the Purchased Mortgage Loans from Buyers or Administrative Agent or its designee (including the Custodian) at Seller’s expense on the related Repurchase Date.

b. Provided that no Default shall have occurred and is continuing, and Buyers or Administrative Agent has received the related Repurchase Price upon repurchase of the Purchased Mortgage Loans, Administrative Agent and Buyers will each be deemed to have released their respective interests hereunder in the Purchased Mortgage Loans (including, the Repurchase Assets related thereto) upon receipt of the Repurchase Price. The Purchased Mortgage Loans (including the Repurchase Assets related thereto) shall be delivered to Seller free and clear of any lien, encumbrance or claim of Administrative Agent or the Buyers. With respect to payments in full by the related Mortgagor of a Purchased Mortgage Loan, Seller agrees to (i) provide Administrative Agent with a copy of a report from the related Servicer indicating that such Purchased Mortgage Loan has been paid in full, (ii) remit (or cause to be remitted) to Administrative Agent for the benefit of Buyers, within two (2) Business Days, the Repurchase Price with respect to such Purchased Mortgage Loan and (iii) provide Administrative Agent a notice specifying each Purchased Mortgage Loan that has been prepaid in full. Administrative Agent and Buyers agree to release their respective ownership interests in Purchased Mortgage Loans which have been prepaid in full after receipt of evidence of compliance with clauses (i) through (iii) of the immediately preceding sentence.

 

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5. Price Differential

a. On each Business Day that a Transaction is outstanding, the Pricing Rate shall be reset and, unless otherwise agreed, the accrued and unpaid Price Differential shall be settled in cash on each related Price Differential Payment Date. Two (2) Business Days prior to the Price Differential Payment Date, Administrative Agent shall give Seller written or electronic notice of the amount of the Price Differential due on such Price Differential Payment Date. On the Price Differential Payment Date, Seller shall pay to Buyers or Administrative Agent, for the benefit of Buyers, the Price Differential for such Price Differential Payment Date (along with any other amounts to be paid pursuant to Section 7 hereof and Section 3 of the Pricing Side Letter), by wire transfer in immediately available funds.

b. If Seller fails to pay all or part of the Price Differential by 3:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the related Price Differential Payment Date, with respect to any Purchased Mortgage Loan, Seller shall be obligated to pay to Administrative Agent for the benefit of Buyers (in addition to, and together with, the amount of such Price Differential) interest on the unpaid Repurchase Price at a rate per annum equal to the Post-Default Rate until the Price Differential is received in full by Buyers or Administrative Agent for the benefit of Buyers.

6. Margin Maintenance

a. If at any time the outstanding Purchase Price of any Purchased Mortgage Loan subject to a Transaction is greater than the Asset Value of such Purchased Mortgage Loan subject to a Transaction (a “Margin Deficit”), then Administrative Agent may by notice to Seller require Seller to transfer to Administrative Agent for the benefit of Buyers cash in an amount at least equal to the Margin Deficit (such requirement, a “Margin Call”).

b. Notice delivered pursuant to Section 6(a) may be given by any written or electronic means. Any notice given before [***] (New York City time) on a Business Day shall be met, and the related Margin Call satisfied, no later than [***] (New York City time) on such Business Day; notice given after [***] (New York City time) on a Business Day shall be met, and the related Margin Call satisfied, no later than [***] (New York City time) on the following Business Day (the foregoing time requirements for satisfaction of a Margin Call are referred to as the “Margin Deadlines”). The failure of Buyers or Administrative Agent, on any one or more occasions, to exercise its rights hereunder, shall not change or alter the terms and conditions to which this Agreement is subject or limit the right of Buyers or Administrative Agent to do so at a later date. Seller, Buyers and Administrative Agent each agree that a failure or delay by Administrative Agent to exercise its rights hereunder shall not limit or waive Administrative Agent’s or Buyers’ rights under this Agreement or otherwise existing by law or in any way create additional rights for Seller.

 

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c. In the event that a Margin Deficit exists with respect to any Purchased Mortgage Loan, Buyers or Administrative Agent may retain any funds received by it to which the Seller would otherwise be entitled hereunder, which funds (i) shall be held by Administrative Agent against the related Margin Deficit and (ii) may be applied by Buyers or Administrative Agent against the Repurchase Price of any Purchased Mortgage Loan for which the related Margin Deficit remains otherwise unsatisfied. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Buyers and the Administrative Agent retain the right, in their sole discretion, to make a Margin Call in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6.

7. Income Payments

a. If Income is paid in respect of any Purchased Mortgage Loan during the term of a Transaction, such Income, net of any servicing fee, shall be the property of Administrative Agent for the benefit of Buyers. Seller shall and shall cause Servicer to deposit all Income, net of any servicing fee, to the account set forth in Section 9 hereof upon receipt thereof.

b. Provided no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and the Price Differential has been paid to Administrative Agent for the benefit of Buyers in accordance with Section 5 of this Agreement, then Seller shall be entitled to the remittance of all Income and shall cause the Servicer to remit to Seller all Income paid in respect to the Purchased Mortgage Loans for the preceding month.

c. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this Section 7, within two (2) Business Days of receipt by Seller of any prepayment of principal in full, with respect to a Purchased Mortgage Loan, Seller shall or shall cause the Servicer to remit such amount to the account set forth in Section 9 hereof and Administrative Agent shall immediately apply any such amount received by Buyers or the Administrative Agent to reduce the amount of the Repurchase Price due upon termination of the related Transaction.

8. Security Interest

a. On each Purchase Date, Seller hereby sells, assigns and conveys all rights and interests in the Purchased Mortgage Loans identified on the related Mortgage Loan Schedule and the Repurchase Assets to Buyers or Administrative Agent as agent and for the benefit of Buyers. Although the parties intend that all Transactions hereunder be sales and purchases and not loans, in the event any such Transactions are deemed to be loans, and in any event, Seller hereby pledges to Administrative Agent, as agent and for the benefit of the Buyers, as security for the performance by Seller of its Obligations and hereby grants, assigns and pledges to Administrative Agent, as agent and secured party for the benefit of the Buyers, a fully perfected first priority security interest in the Purchased Mortgage Loans, any Agency Security or right to receive such Agency Security when issued to the extent backed by any of the Purchased

 

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Mortgage Loans, the Records, and all related Servicing Rights, the Program Agreements (to the extent such Program Agreements and Seller’s right thereunder relate to the Purchased Mortgage Loans), any related Take-out Commitments, any Property relating to the Purchased Mortgage Loans, all insurance policies and insurance proceeds relating to any Purchased Mortgage Loan or the related Mortgaged Property, including, but not limited to, any payments or proceeds under any related primary insurance, hazard insurance and FHA Mortgage Insurance Contracts and VA Loan Guaranty Agreements (if any), Income, Interest Rate Protection Agreements, accounts (including any interest of Seller in escrow accounts) and any other contract rights, instruments, accounts, payments, rights to payment (including payments of interest or finance charges), general intangibles and other assets relating to the Purchased Mortgage Loans (including, without limitation, any other accounts) or any interest in the Purchased Mortgage Loans, and any proceeds (including the related securitization proceeds) and distributions with respect to any of the foregoing and any other property, rights, title or interests as are specified on a Transaction Request and/or Trust Receipt, in all instances, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, now existing or hereafter created (collectively, the “Repurchase Assets”).

b. The Seller acknowledges that it has no rights to service the Purchased Mortgage Loans but only has rights as a party to the current Servicing Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing and in the event that the Seller is deemed to retain any residual Servicing Rights, and for the avoidance of doubt, Seller grants, assigns and pledges to Administrative Agent, as agent and secured party for the benefit of Buyers, a security interest in the Servicing Rights and proceeds related thereto and in all instances, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, now existing or hereafter created. The foregoing provision is intended to constitute a security agreement or other arrangement or other credit enhancement related to this Agreement and Transactions hereunder as defined under Sections 101(47)(A)(v) and 741(7)(A)(xi) of the Bankruptcy Code.

c. Seller agrees to execute, deliver and/or file such documents and perform such acts as may be reasonably necessary to fully perfect Administrative Agent’s security interest created hereby. Furthermore, the Seller hereby authorizes Administrative Agent to file financing statements relating to the Repurchase Assets, as Administrative Agent, at its option, may deem appropriate. The Seller shall pay the filing costs for any financing statement or statements prepared pursuant to this Section 8.

9. Payment and Transfer

Unless otherwise mutually agreed in writing, all transfers of funds to be made by Seller hereunder shall be made in Dollars, in immediately available funds, without deduction, set-off or counterclaim, to Administrative Agent at the following account maintained by Administrative Agent: Account No. [***], for the account of CSFB Administrative Agent /Caliber Home Loans, Inc.-Inbound Account, Citibank, ABA No. [***] or such other account as Buyers or Administrative Agent shall specify to Seller in writing. Seller acknowledges that it has no rights of withdrawal from the foregoing account. All Purchased Mortgage Loans transferred by one party hereto to the other party shall be in the case of a purchase by a Buyer in suitable form for transfer or shall be accompanied by duly executed instruments of transfer or assignment in blank and such other documentation as Buyers or Administrative Agent may reasonably request. All Purchased Mortgage Loans shall be evidenced by a Trust Receipt. Any Repurchase Price received by Buyers or Administrative Agent after 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) shall be deemed received on the next succeeding Business Day.

 

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10. Conditions Precedent

a. Continuing Transaction. As conditions precedent to the continuing Transactions, Administrative Agent shall have received on or before the date hereof the following, in form and substance satisfactory to Buyers and Administrative Agent and duly executed by Seller and each other party thereto:

(1) Program Agreements. The Program Agreements (including without limitation a Custodial Agreement in a form acceptable to Administrative Agent) duly executed and delivered by the parties thereto and being in full force and effect, free of any modification, breach or waiver.

(2) Security Interest. Evidence that all other actions necessary or, in the opinion of Administrative Agent, desirable to perfect and protect Administrative Agent’s and Buyers’ interest in the Purchased Mortgage Loans and other Repurchase Assets have been taken, including, without limitation, duly authorized and filed Uniform Commercial Code financing statements on Form UCC-1.

(3) Organizational Documents. A certificate of the corporate secretary of Seller substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto or in a form and substance acceptable to Buyers or Administrative Agent in its sole good faith discretion, attaching certified copies of Seller’s organizational documents and resolutions, in all cases approving the Program Agreements and transactions thereunder (either specifically or by general resolution) and all documents evidencing other necessary corporate action or governmental approvals as may be required in connection with the Program Agreements.

(4) Good Standing Certificate. A certified copy of a good standing certificate from the jurisdiction of organization of Seller, dated as of no earlier than the date ten (10) Business Days prior to the Purchase Date with respect to the initial Transaction hereunder.

(5) Incumbency Certificate. An incumbency certificate of the corporate secretary of Seller, certifying the names, true signatures and titles of the representatives duly authorized to request transactions hereunder and to execute the Program Agreements which may be provided as part of the certificate provided pursuant to Section 10(a)(3) above.

(6) Opinion of Counsel. An opinion of Seller’s counsel, in form and substance acceptable to Administrative Agent in its sole good faith discretion.

(7) Underwriting Guidelines. A true and correct copy of the Underwriting Guidelines certified by an officer of the Seller.

 

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(8) Fees. Payment of any fees due to Administrative Agent and Buyers hereunder.

(9) Insurance. Evidence that Seller has added Buyers or Administrative Agent on behalf of Buyers as an additional loss payee under the Seller’s Fidelity Insurance.

b. All Transactions. The obligation of Buyers or Administrative Agent on behalf of Buyers to enter into each Transaction pursuant to this Agreement is subject to the following conditions precedent:

(1) Due Diligence Review. Without limiting the generality of Section 36 hereof, Administrative Agent and Buyers shall have completed, to their satisfaction, their due diligence review of the related Mortgage Loans and Seller and the Servicer.

(2) Required Documents.

(a) With respect to each Purchased Mortgage Loan which is not a Wet-Ink Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage File has been delivered to the Custodian in accordance with the Custodial Agreement.

(b) With respect to each Wet-Ink Mortgage Loan, the Wet-Ink Documents have been delivered to Administrative Agent or Custodian, as the case may be, in accordance with the Custodial Agreement.

(c) With respect to each Correspondent Loan in which a third party lender has a security interest, Administrative Agent shall have received a Correspondent Release for such Purchased Mortgage Loan that is duly executed and delivered by such third party lender on or prior to the Purchase Date.

(3) Transaction Documents. Administrative Agent or its designee shall have received on or before the day of such Transaction (unless otherwise specified in this Agreement) the following, in form and substance satisfactory to Administrative Agent and (if applicable) duly executed:

(a) A Transaction Request and Mortgage Loan Schedule delivered by Seller pursuant to Section 3(b) or 3(c) hereof.

(b) The Request for Certification and the related Mortgage Loan Schedule delivered by Seller, and the Trust Receipt and Custodial Mortgage Loan Schedule delivered by Custodian.

(c) Such certificates, opinions of counsel or other documents as Buyers or Administrative Agent may reasonably request.

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(5) Requirements of Law. Neither Administrative Agent nor Buyers shall have determined that the introduction of or a change in any Requirement of Law or in the interpretation or administration of any Requirement of Law applicable to Administrative Agent or any Buyer has made it unlawful, and no Governmental Authority shall have asserted that it is unlawful, for Administrative Agent or any Buyer to enter into Transactions with a Pricing Rate based on Base Rate.

(6) Representations and Warranties. Both immediately prior to the related Transaction and also after giving effect thereto and to the intended use thereof, the representations and warranties made by Seller in each Program Agreement shall be true, correct and complete on and as of such Purchase Date in all material respects with the same force and effect as if made on and as of such date (or, if any such representation or warranty is expressly stated to have been made as of a specific date, as of such specific date).

(7) Electronic Tracking Agreement. To the extent Seller is selling Mortgage Loans which are registered on the MERS® System, an Electronic Tracking Agreement entered into, duly executed and delivered by the parties thereto and being in full force and effect, free of any modification, breach or waiver.

(8) Servicer Notice. To the extent Seller is selling Mortgage Loans which are serviced by a third party Servicer, a Servicer Notice has been duly executed and delivered by the parties thereto.

(9) Material Adverse Change. None of the following shall have occurred and/or be continuing:

(a) Credit Suisse AG, New York Branch’s corporate bond rating as calculated by S&P or Moody’s has been lowered or downgraded to a rating below investment grade by S&P or Moody’s;

(b) an event or events shall have occurred in the good faith determination of Buyers or the Administrative Agent resulting in the effective absence of a “repo market” or comparable “lending market” for financing debt obligations secured by mortgage loans or securities or an event or events shall have occurred resulting in the Administrative Agent or a Buyer not being able to finance Purchased Mortgage Loans through the “repo market” or “lending market” with traditional counterparties at rates which would have been reasonable prior to the occurrence of such event or events; or

(c) an event or events shall have occurred resulting in the effective absence of a “securities market” for securities backed by mortgage loans or an event or events shall have occurred resulting in such Buyer not being able to sell securities backed by mortgage loans at prices which would have been reasonable prior to such event or events; or

 

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(d) there shall have occurred a material adverse change in the financial condition of a Buyer which affects (or can reasonably be expected to affect) materially and adversely the ability of such Buyer to fund its obligations under this Agreement.

(10) Underwriting Guidelines. Administrative Agent shall have approved any amendment or modification to the Underwriting Guidelines which may affect the eligibility of a Mortgage Loan proposed to be subject to a Transaction.

(11) DE Compare Ratio. Seller’s DE Compare Ratio is less than [***] and HUD has not suspended Seller’s ability to originate FHA Loans in one or more jurisdictions.

11. Program; Costs

a. Seller shall reimburse Administrative Agent and Buyers for any of Administrative Agent’s and Buyers’ reasonable out-of-pocket costs, including due diligence review costs (subject to the Due Diligence Cap) and reasonable attorney’s fees, incurred by Administrative Agent and Buyers in determining the acceptability to Administrative Agent and Buyers of any Mortgage Loans or otherwise in connection with the Program Agreements or any amendments thereto; provided that there shall be only one primary counsel in connection therewith except that the Buyers may utilize additional counsel with specific expertise. Seller shall also pay, or reimburse Administrative Agent and Buyers if Administrative Agent or Buyers shall pay, any termination fee, which may be due any servicer. Seller shall pay ongoing custodial fees and expenses as set forth in the Custodial Agreement, and any other ongoing fees and expenses under any other Program Agreement.

b. If Administrative Agent or any Buyer determines that, due to the introduction of, any change in, or the compliance by Administrative Agent or such Buyer with (i) any eurocurrency reserve requirement or (ii) the interpretation of any law, regulation or any guideline or request from any central bank or other Governmental Authority (whether or not having the force of law), there shall be an increase in the cost (other than Indemnified Taxes or Excluded Taxes) to Administrative Agent or such Buyer in engaging in the present or any future Transactions, then Seller agrees to pay to Administrative Agent or such Buyer, from time to time, upon demand by Administrative Agent or such Buyer (with a copy to Custodian) the actual cost of additional amounts as specified by Administrative Agent or such Buyer to compensate Administrative Agent or such Buyer for such increased costs; provided that such shall provide Seller with an explanation for such increase in cost and that such increase in cost shall not otherwise be included in or the direct cause of any increase in the Base Rate.

 

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c. With respect to any Transaction, Administrative Agent and Buyers may conclusively rely upon, and shall incur no liability to Seller in acting upon, any request or other communication that Administrative Agent and Buyers reasonably believe to have been given or made by a person authorized to enter into a Transaction on Seller’s behalf, whether or not such person is listed on the certificate delivered pursuant to Section 10(a)(5) hereof.

d. Notwithstanding the assignment of the Program Agreements with respect to each Purchased Mortgage Loan to Buyers or Administrative Agent for the benefit of Buyers, Seller agrees and covenants with Administrative Agent and Buyers to enforce diligently Seller’s rights and remedies set forth in the Program Agreements.

e. (i) Any payments made by Seller to Administrative Agent or a Buyer or a Buyer assignee hereunder or under any Program Agreement shall be made free and clear of and without deduction or withholding for any Taxes, except as required by applicable law. If Seller shall be required by applicable law (as determined in the good faith discretion of the applicable withholding agent) to deduct or withhold any Tax from any sums payable to Administrative Agent or a Buyer or Buyer assignee, then (i) the Seller shall make such deductions or withholdings and pay the full amount deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law; (ii) to the extent the withheld or deducted Tax is an Indemnified Tax, the sum payable shall be increased as necessary so that after making all required deductions and withholdings (including deductions and withholdings for Indemnified Taxes applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 11(e)) Administrative Agent receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions or withholdings been made; and (iii) the Seller shall notify the Administrative Agent of the amount paid and shall provide the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by the relevant Governmental Authority evidencing such payment within ten (10) days thereafter. Seller shall otherwise indemnify Administrative Agent and such Buyer, within ten (10) days after demand therefor, for any Indemnified Taxes imposed on Administrative Agent or such Buyer (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 11(e)) and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority.

(ii) Administrative Agent shall, and shall cause each Buyer and Buyer assignee to deliver to the Seller, at the time or times reasonably requested by the Seller, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by the Seller as will permit payments made hereunder to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. In addition, Administrative Agent shall, and shall cause each Buyer and Buyer assignee, if reasonably requested by Seller, to deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Seller as will enable the Seller to determine whether or not Administrative Agent or such Buyer or Buyer assignee is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 11, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation in Section 11(e)((ii)(A), (B) and (C) below) shall not be required if in Administrative Agent’s or any Buyer’s or any Buyer’s assignee’s judgment such completion, execution or submission

 

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would subject Administrative Agent or such Buyer or Buyer assignee to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of Administrative Agent or such Buyer or Buyer assignee. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Administrative Agent shall deliver, or cause a Buyer or Buyer assignee to deliver, to the Seller, to the extent legally entitled to do so:

(A) in the case of Administrative Agent or a Buyer or Buyer assignee which is a “U.S. Person” as defined in section 7701(a)(30) of the Code, a properly completed and executed Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) Form W-9 certifying that it is not subject to U.S. federal backup withholding tax;

(B) in the case of a successor to the Administrative Agent or a Buyer or Buyer assignee which is not a “U.S. Person” as defined in Code section 7701(a)(30): (I) a properly completed and executed IRS Form W-8BEN, W-8BENE-E or W-8ECI, as appropriate, evidencing entitlement to a zero percent or reduced rate of U.S. federal income tax withholding on any payments made hereunder, (II) in the case of such non-U.S. Person claiming exemption from the withholding of U.S. federal income tax under Code sections 871(h) or 881(c) with respect to payments of “portfolio interest,” a duly executed certificate (a “U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate”) to the effect that such non-U.S. Person is not (x) a “bank” within the meaning of Code section 881(c)(3)(A), (y) a “10 percent shareholder” of Seller or affiliate thereof, within the meaning of Code section 881(c)(3)(B), or (z) a “controlled foreign corporation” described in Code section 881(c)(3)(C), (III) to the extent such non-U.S. person is not the beneficial owner, executed originals of IRS Form W-8IMY, accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN, IRS Form W-8BEN-E, a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate, IRS Form W-9, and/or other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable; provided that if such non-U.S. person is a partnership and one or more direct or indirect partners of such non-U.S. person are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such non-U.S. person may provide a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner, and (IV) executed originals of any other form or supplementary documentation prescribed by law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in United States federal withholding tax together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by law to permit Seller to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made.

(C) if a payment made to Administrative Agent or a Buyer or Buyer assignee under this Agreement would be subject to U.S. federal withholding tax imposed by FATCA if such Buyer or assignee were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), Administrative Agent on its behalf or on behalf of such Buyer or assignee shall deliver to the Seller at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Seller such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Seller as may be necessary for the Seller to comply with their obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this Section 11(e), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.

 

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The applicable IRS forms referred to above shall be delivered by Administrative Agent on behalf of each applicable Buyer or Buyer assignee on or prior to the date on which such person becomes a Buyer or Buyer assignee under this Agreement, as the case may be, and upon the obsolescence or invalidity of any IRS form previously delivered by it hereunder.

f. Any indemnification payable by Seller to Administrative Agent or a Buyer or Buyer assignee for Indemnified Taxes that are imposed on such Buyer or Buyer assignee, as described in Section 11(e)(i) hereof, shall be paid by Seller within ten (10) days after demand therefor from Administrative Agent. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Seller by the Administrative Agent on behalf of a Buyer or Buyer assignee shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

g. Each party’s obligations under this Section 11 shall survive any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, Administrative Agent, a Buyer or a Buyer assignee, and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under any Program Agreement.

h. If any party determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this Section 11(h) (including by the payment of additional amount pursuant to this Section), it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made under this Section with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) of such indemnified party and without interest (other than any interest paid by request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such indemnified party the amount paid over pursuant to this Section 11(h) (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) in the event that such indemnified party is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 11(h), in no event will the indemnified party be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this Section 11(h) the payment of which would place the indemnified party in a less favorable net after-Tax position than the indemnified party would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with respect to such Tax has never been paid. This shall not be construed to require any indemnified party to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to the indemnifying party or any other Person.

i. Each party to this Agreement acknowledges that it is its intent for purposes of U.S. federal and relevant state and local income and franchise taxes to treat each Transaction as indebtedness of Seller that is secured by the Purchased Mortgage Loans, and the Purchased Mortgage Loans as owned by Seller in the absence of an Event of Default by Seller. Administrative Agent on behalf of Buyers and Seller agree that they will treat and report for all such tax purposes the Transactions entered into hereunder as one or more loans from a Buyer to Seller secured by the Purchased Mortgage Loans, unless otherwise prohibited by law or upon a final determination by any taxing authority that the Transactions are not loans for such tax purposes.

 

 

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12. Servicing

a. Seller, on Administrative Agent’s behalf and Buyers’ behalf, shall contract with Servicer to, or if Seller is the Servicer, Seller shall, service the Mortgage Loans consistent with the degree of skill and care that Seller customarily requires with respect to similar Mortgage Loans owned or managed by it and in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices. The Seller and Servicer shall (i) comply in all material respects with all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations, (ii) maintain all state and federal licenses necessary for it to perform its servicing responsibilities hereunder and (iii) not impair the rights of Buyers or Administrative Agent, on behalf of Buyers, in any Mortgage Loans or any payment thereunder. Buyers or Administrative Agent may terminate the servicing of any Mortgage Loan with the then existing servicer in accordance with Section 12(e) hereof.

b. Seller shall and shall cause the Servicer to hold or cause to be held all escrow funds collected by Seller and Servicer with respect to any Purchased Mortgage Loans in trust accounts and shall apply the same for the purposes for which such funds were collected.

c. Seller shall and shall cause the Servicer to deposit all collections received by Servicer on the Purchased Mortgage Loans in the account set forth in Section 9 hereof upon an Event of Default.

d. In the event there is a third party Servicer and upon Buyers’ or Administrative Agent’s request, Seller shall provide promptly to Administrative Agent a Servicer Notice addressed to and agreed to by the Servicer of the related Purchased Mortgage Loans, advising such Servicer of such matters as Buyers or Administrative Agent may reasonably request, including, without limitation, recognition by the Servicer of Administrative Agent’s and Buyers’ interest in such Purchased Mortgage Loans and the Servicer’s agreement that upon receipt of notice of an Event of Default from Administrative Agent, it will follow the instructions of Administrative Agent with respect to the Purchased Mortgage Loans and any related Income with respect thereto.

e. Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default hereunder or a material default under the Servicing Agreement, Administrative Agent shall have the right to immediately terminate the Servicer’s right to service the Purchased Mortgage Loans under the Servicing Agreement without payment of any penalty or termination fee. Seller and the Servicer shall cooperate in transferring the servicing of the Purchased Mortgage Loans to a successor servicer appointed by Buyers or Administrative Agent on behalf of Buyers in its sole discretion.

 

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f. If Seller should discover that, for any reason whatsoever, Seller or any entity responsible to Seller for managing or servicing any such Purchased Mortgage Loan has failed to perform fully Seller’s obligations under the Program Agreements or any of the obligations of such entities with respect to the Purchased Mortgage Loans, Seller shall promptly notify Administrative Agent.

g. For the avoidance of doubt, the Seller retains no economic rights to the servicing of the Purchased Mortgage Loans other than the Seller’s rights under the Servicing Agreement; provided that the Seller shall and shall cause the Servicer to continue to service the Purchased Mortgage Loans hereunder as part of its Obligations hereunder. As such, the Seller expressly acknowledges that the Purchased Mortgage Loans are sold to Buyers or Administrative Agent for the benefit of Buyers on a “servicing released” basis.

13. Representations and Warranties

a. Seller represents and warrants to Administrative Agent and Buyers as of the date hereof and as of each Purchase Date for any Transaction that:

(1) Seller Existence. Seller has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware.

(2) Licenses. Seller is duly licensed or is otherwise qualified in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of business requires it to be licensed or qualified and is not in default of any applicable federal, state or local laws, rules and regulations unless, in either instance, the failure to take such action is not reasonably likely (either individually or in the aggregate) to cause a Material Adverse Effect and is not in default of such state’s applicable laws, rules and regulations. Seller has the requisite power and authority and legal right to originate and purchase Mortgage Loans (as applicable) and to own, sell and grant a lien on all of its right, title and interest in and to the Mortgage Loans.

(3) Power. Seller has all requisite corporate or other power, and has all governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals necessary to own its assets and carry on its business as now being or as proposed to be conducted, except where the lack of such licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals would not be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(4) Due Authorization. Seller has all necessary corporate or other power, authority and legal right to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under each of the Program Agreements to which it is a party, as applicable. The Program Agreements and any Transaction Request (or, in the case of any Program Agreements or Transaction Request not yet executed, will be) duly authorized, executed and delivered by Seller, all requisite or other corporate action having been taken, and each is valid, binding and enforceable against Seller to which it is a party in accordance with its terms except as such enforcement may be affected by bankruptcy, by other insolvency laws, or by general principles of equity.

 

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(5) Financial Statements. The Seller has heretofore furnished to Administrative Agent a copy of (a) its consolidated balance sheet and the consolidated balance sheets of its consolidated Subsidiaries for the fiscal year of the Seller ended December 31, 2015 and the related consolidated statements of income and retained earnings and of cash flows for the Seller and its consolidated Subsidiaries for such fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous year, with the opinion thereon of an independent certified public accountant or auditing firm of recognized national standing and (b) its consolidated balance sheet and the consolidated balance sheets of its consolidated Subsidiaries for the quarterly fiscal period of the Seller ended June 30, 2016 and the related consolidated statements of income and retained earnings and of cash flows for the Seller and its consolidated Subsidiaries for such quarterly fiscal period, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous year. All such financial statements are complete and correct and fairly present, in all material respects, the consolidated financial condition of the Seller and its Subsidiaries and the consolidated results of their operations as at such dates and for such fiscal periods, all in accordance with GAAP (other than monthly financial statements solely with respect to footnotes, year-end adjustments and cash flow statements) applied on a consistent basis. Since June 30, 2016, there has been no material adverse change in the consolidated business, operations or financial condition of the Seller and its consolidated Subsidiaries taken as a whole from that set forth in said financial statements nor is Seller aware of any state of facts which (with notice or the lapse of time) would or could result in any such material adverse change. The Seller has, on the date of the statements delivered pursuant to this Section (the “Statement Date”) no liabilities, direct or indirect, fixed or contingent, matured or unmatured, known or unknown, or liabilities for taxes, long-term leases or unusual forward or long-term commitments not disclosed by, or reserved against in, said balance sheet and related statements, and at the present time there are no material unrealized or anticipated losses from any loans, advances or other commitments of Seller except as heretofore disclosed to Administrative Agent in writing.

(6) Event of Default. There exists no Event of Default under Section 15(b) hereof, which default gives rise to a right to accelerate indebtedness as referenced in Section 15(b) hereof, under any mortgage, borrowing agreement or other instrument or agreement pertaining to indebtedness for borrowed money or to the repurchase of mortgage loans or securities.

(7) Solvency. Seller is solvent and will not be rendered insolvent by any Transaction and, after giving effect to such Transaction, will not be left with an unreasonably small amount of capital with which to engage in its business. Seller does not intend to incur, nor does it believe that it has incurred, debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature and is not contemplating the commencement of insolvency, bankruptcy, liquidation or consolidation

 

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proceedings or the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, conservator, trustee or similar official in respect of such entity or any of its assets. The amount of consideration being received by Seller upon the sale of the Purchased Mortgage Loans to Buyers or Administrative Agent for the benefit of Buyers constitutes reasonably equivalent value and fair consideration for such Purchased Mortgage Loans. Seller is not transferring any Purchased Mortgage Loans with any intent to hinder, delay or defraud any of its creditors.

(8) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by Seller of the Program Agreements or any Transaction Request hereunder to which it is party do not conflict with any term or provision of the certificate of formation or operating agreement of Seller, or any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, writ, injunction or decree applicable to Seller of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or governmental body having jurisdiction over Seller, which conflict would have a Material Adverse Effect and will not result in any violation of any such mortgage, instrument, agreement or obligation to which Seller is a party.

(9) True and Complete Disclosure. All information, reports, exhibits, schedules, financial statements or certificates of Seller or any Subsidiary thereof or any of their officers furnished or to be furnished to Administrative Agent or Buyers in connection with the initial or any ongoing due diligence of Seller or any Subsidiary of Seller or officer thereof, or the negotiation, preparation, or delivery of the Program Agreements, when taken as a whole, are true and complete in all material respects and do not omit to disclose any material facts necessary to make the statements herein or therein, in light of the circumstances in which they are made, not materially misleading; provided, that with respect to projected financial information, the Seller represents only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time. All financial statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP (other than monthly financial statements solely with respect to footnotes, year-end adjustments and cash flow statements).

(10) Approvals. No consent, approval, authorization or order of, registration or filing with, or notice to any governmental authority or court is required under applicable law in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by Seller of the Program Agreements or any Transaction Request to which it is a party.

(11) Litigation and Judgments. There is no action, proceeding or investigation pending with respect to which Seller has received service of process or, to the best of Seller’s knowledge threatened in writing against it before any court, administrative agency or other tribunal (A) asserting the invalidity of any Program Agreement, any Transaction or any Transaction Request, (B) seeking to prevent the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by any Program Agreement or any Transaction Request, (C) makes a non-frivolous and credible claim individually or in an aggregate amount greater than

 

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$[***]; (D) which requires filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission in accordance with the 1934 Act or any rules thereunder or (E) which is reasonably likely to materially and adversely affect the validity of the Purchased Mortgage Loans or the performance by it of its obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of, any Program Agreement or any Transaction Request to which it is a party. There is no final judgment or judgments for the payment of money in excess of $[***] rendered against the Seller by one or more courts, administrative tribunals or other bodies having jurisdiction, which has not been satisfied, discharged (or provision made for such discharge) or bonded, or a stay of execution thereof has not been procured, within thirty (30) days from the date of entry of such judgment or judgments.

(12) Reserved.

(13) Ownership. Upon payment of the Purchase Price and the filing of the financing statement and delivery of the Mortgage Files to the Custodian and the Custodian’s receipt of the related Request for Certification, Buyers or Administrative Agent for the benefit of Buyers shall become the sole owner of the Purchased Mortgage Loans and related Repurchase Assets, free and clear of all liens and encumbrances.

(14) Underwriting Guidelines. The Underwriting Guidelines provided to Administrative Agent are the true and correct Underwriting Guidelines of the Seller.

(15) Taxes. Seller and its Subsidiaries have timely filed all federal, state income and other material tax returns that are required to be filed by them and have paid all material taxes, except for any such taxes as are being appropriately contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and with respect to which adequate reserves have been provided. The charges, accruals and reserves on the books of Seller and its Subsidiaries in respect of taxes and other governmental charges are, in the opinion of Seller, as applicable, adequate.

(16) Investment Company. Neither Seller nor any Subsidiary of Seller is an “investment company”, or a company “controlled” by an “investment company,” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

(17) Chief Executive Office; Jurisdiction of Organization. On the Effective Date, Seller’s chief executive office, is, and has been, located at 3701 Regent Boulevard, Irving, Texas 75063. On the Effective Date, Seller’s jurisdiction of organization is Delaware. Except as disclosed on Schedule 3 attached hereto, during the preceding five (5) years, Seller has not been known by or done business under any other name, corporate or fictitious, and has not filed or had filed against it any bankruptcy receivership or similar petitions nor has it made any assignments for the benefit of creditors.

 

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(18) Location of Books and Records. The location where Seller keeps its books and records, including all computer tapes and records relating to the Purchased Mortgage Loans and the related Repurchase Assets is its chief executive office.

(19) Adjusted Tangible Net Worth.    On the Effective Date, Seller’s Adjusted Tangible Net Worth is not less than the amount set forth in Section 2.1 of the Pricing Side Letter.

(20) ERISA. Each Plan to which Seller or its Subsidiaries make direct contributions, and, to the knowledge of Seller, each other Plan and each Multiemployer Plan, is in compliance in all material respects with, and has been administered in all material respects in compliance with, the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and any other Federal or State law.

(21) Adverse Selection. Seller has not selected the Purchased Mortgage Loans in a manner so as to adversely affect Administrative Agent’s and Buyers’ respective interests.

(22) Agreements. Neither Seller nor any Subsidiary of Seller is a party to any agreement, instrument, or indenture or subject to any restriction materially and adversely affecting its business, operations, assets or financial condition, except as disclosed in the financial statements described in Section 13(a)(5) hereof. Neither Seller nor any Subsidiary of Seller is in default in the performance, observance or fulfillment of any of the obligations, covenants or conditions contained in any agreement, instrument, or indenture which default could have a material adverse effect on the business, operations, properties, or financial condition of Seller as a whole. No holder of any indebtedness of Seller or of any of its Subsidiaries has given notice of any asserted default thereunder.

(23) Other Indebtedness. All Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness evidenced by this Agreement) of Seller existing on the date hereof and having obligations that are outstanding or will be payable in the aggregate during the next twelve (12) month period in excess of $[***] is listed on Exhibit J hereto (the “Existing Indebtedness”).

(24) Agency Approvals. With respect to each Agency Security and to the extent necessary, Seller is an FHA Approved Mortgagee, a VA Approved Lender and a GNMA Approved Lender. On and after approval by the Agencies, Seller will be approved by Fannie Mae as an approved lender and Freddie Mac as an approved seller/servicer, and, to the extent necessary, approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act. With respect to each Agency Security, Seller is in good standing, with no event having occurred or Seller having any

 

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reason whatsoever to believe or suspect will occur prior to the issuance of the Agency Security or the consummation of the Take-out Commitment, as the case may be, including, without limitation, a change in insurance coverage which would either make Seller unable to comply with the eligibility requirements for maintaining all such applicable approvals or require notification to the relevant Agency or to the Department of Housing and Urban Development, FHA or VA. If, on and after approval by the Agencies, Seller for any reason ceases to possess all such applicable approvals, or should notification to the relevant Agency or to the Department of Housing and Urban Development, FHA or VA be required, Seller shall so notify Administrative Agent immediately in writing. Seller has, or shall retain the Servicer that has, adequate financial standing, servicing facilities, procedures and experienced personnel necessary for the sound servicing of mortgage loans of the same types as may from time to time constitute Mortgage Loans and in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices.

(25) No Reliance. Seller has made its own independent decisions to enter into the Program Agreements to which it is a party and each Transaction and as to whether such Transaction is appropriate and proper for it based upon its own judgment and upon advice from such advisors (including without limitation, legal counsel and accountants) as it has deemed necessary. Seller is not relying upon any advice from Administrative Agent or Buyers as to any aspect of the Transactions, including without limitation, the legal, accounting or tax treatment of such Transactions.

(26) Plan Assets. Seller is not an employee benefit plan as defined in Section 3 of Title I of ERISA, or a plan described in Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code, and the Purchased Mortgage Loans are not “plan assets” within the meaning of 29 CFR §2510.3 101 as amended by Section 3(42) of ERISA, in the Seller’s hands, and transactions by or with Seller are not subject to any state or local statute regulating investments or fiduciary obligations with respect to governmental plans within the meaning of Section 3(32) of ERISA.

(27) No Prohibited Persons. Neither Seller nor any Subsidiary of Seller or any of their officers, directors, partners or members, is an entity or person (or to the Seller’s knowledge, owned or controlled by an entity or person): (i) that is listed in the Annex to, or is otherwise subject to the provisions of Executive Order 13224 issued on September 24, 2001 (“EO13224”); (ii) whose name appears on the United States Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) most current list of “Specifically Designated National and Blocked Persons” (which list may be published from time to time in various mediums including, but not limited to, the OFAC website, http:www.treas.gov/ofac/t11sdn.pdf); (iii) who commits, threatens to commit or supports “terrorism”, as that term is defined in EO13224; or (iv) who is otherwise affiliated with any entity or person listed above (any and all parties or persons described in clauses (i) through (iv) above are herein referred to as a “Prohibited Person”).

 

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b. With respect to every Purchased Mortgage Loan, Seller represents and warrants to Administrative Agent and Buyers as of the applicable Purchase Date for any Transaction and each date thereafter that each representation and warranty set forth on Schedule 1 is true and correct.

c. The representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement shall survive transfer of the Purchased Mortgage Loans to Administrative Agent for the benefit of Buyers and to each Buyer and shall continue for so long as the Purchased Mortgage Loans are subject to this Agreement. Upon discovery by Seller, Buyers or Administrative Agent of any breach of any of the representations or warranties set forth in this Agreement, the party discovering such breach shall promptly give notice of such discovery to the others. Buyers and Administrative Agent have the right to require, in their unreviewable discretion, Seller to repurchase within one (1) Business Day after receipt of notice from Administrative Agent any Purchased Mortgage Loan (i) for which a breach of one or more of the representations and warranties referenced in Section 13(b) exists and which breach has a material adverse effect on the value of such Mortgage Loan or the interests of Administrative Agent or Buyers or (ii) which is determined by Administrative Agent, in its good faith discretion, to be unacceptable for inclusion in a securitization.

14. Covenants

Seller covenants with Administrative Agent and Buyers that, during the term of this facility:

a. Reserved.

b. Reserved.

c. Litigation. Seller will promptly, and in any event on a monthly basis as part of the officer’s compliance certificate furnished pursuant to Section 17b, give to Administrative Agent notice of all litigation, actions, suits, arbitrations, investigations (including, without limitation, any of the foregoing which are threatened in writing or pending) or other legal or arbitrable proceedings affecting Seller or any Subsidiary of Seller or affecting any of the Property of any of them before any Governmental Authority that (i) questions or challenges the validity or enforceability of any of the Program Agreements or any action to be taken in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) makes a non-frivolous and credible claim individually or in an aggregate amount greater than $[***]; or (iii) which, individually or in the aggregate, if adversely determined, could be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect. Seller will promptly provide notice of any judgment or judgments, which with the passage of time, could cause an Event of Default hereunder.

 

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d. Prohibition of Fundamental Changes. Seller shall not enter into any transaction of merger or consolidation or amalgamation, or liquidate, wind up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation, winding up or dissolution) or sell all or substantially all of its assets; provided, that Seller may merge or consolidate with (a) any wholly owned subsidiary of Seller, or (b) any other Person if Seller is the surviving corporation; and provided further, that if after giving effect thereto, no Default would exist hereunder.

e. Reserved.

f. Servicer. Seller shall not cause the Mortgage Loans to be serviced by any servicer other than a servicer expressly approved in writing by Buyers or Administrative Agent on behalf of Buyers, which approval shall be deemed granted by Buyers or Administrative Agent on behalf of Buyers with respect to Seller with the execution of this Agreement.

g. Insurance. The Seller shall continue to maintain, for Seller and its Subsidiaries, Fidelity Insurance in an amount and on terms which at a minimum satisfy the requirements for a Fannie Mae approved seller/servicer. The Seller shall maintain, for Seller and its Subsidiaries, Fidelity Insurance in respect of its officers, employees and agents, with respect to any claims made in connection with all or any portion of the Repurchase Assets. The Seller shall notify the Administrative Agent of any material change in the terms of any such Fidelity Insurance.

h. No Adverse Claims. Seller warrants and will defend, and shall cause any Servicer to defend, the right, title and interest of Administrative Agent and Buyers in and to all Purchased Mortgage Loans and the related Repurchase Assets against all adverse claims and demands.

i. Assignment. Except as permitted herein, neither Seller nor any Servicer shall sell, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of, or grant any option with respect to, or pledge, hypothecate or grant a security interest in or lien on or otherwise encumber (except pursuant to the Program Agreements), any of the Purchased Mortgage Loans or any interest therein, provided that this Section shall not prevent any transfer of Purchased Mortgage Loans in accordance with the Program Agreements.

j. Security Interest. Seller shall do all things necessary to preserve the Purchased Mortgage Loans and the related Repurchase Assets so that they remain subject to a first priority perfected security interest hereunder. Without limiting the foregoing, Seller will comply with all rules, regulations and other laws of any Governmental Authority and cause the Purchased Mortgage Loans or the related Repurchase Assets to comply with all applicable rules, regulations and other laws, in each case, in all material respects. Seller will not allow any default for which Seller is responsible to occur under any Purchased Mortgage Loans or the related Repurchase Assets or any Program Agreement and Seller shall fully perform or cause to be performed when due all of its obligations under any Purchased Mortgage Loans or the related Repurchase Assets and any Program Agreement.

 

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k. Records.

(1) Seller shall collect and maintain or cause to be collected and maintained all Records relating to the Purchased Mortgage Loans in accordance with industry custom and practice for assets similar to the Purchased Mortgage Loans, including those maintained pursuant to the preceding subparagraph, and all such Records shall be in Custodian’s possession unless Administrative Agent otherwise approves. Except in accordance with the Custodial Agreement, Seller will not allow any such papers, records or files that are an original or an only copy to leave Custodian’s possession, except for individual items removed in connection with servicing a specific Mortgage Loan, in which event Seller will obtain or cause to be obtained a receipt from a financially responsible person for any such paper, record or file. Seller or the Servicer of the Purchased Mortgage Loans will maintain all such Records not in the possession of Custodian in good and complete condition in accordance with industry practices for assets similar to the Purchased Mortgage Loans and preserve them against loss.

(2) For so long as Buyers or Administrative Agent have an interest in or lien on any Purchased Mortgage Loan, Seller will hold or cause to be held all related Records in trust for Buyers or Administrative Agent. Seller shall notify, or cause to be notified, every other party holding any such Records of the interests and liens in favor of Buyers or Administrative Agent granted hereby.

(3) Upon reasonable advance notice from Custodian or Administrative Agent, Seller shall (x) make any and all such Records available to Custodian and/or Administrative Agent and Buyers to examine any such Records, either by its own officers or employees, or by agents or contractors, or both, and make copies of all or any portion thereof, and (y) permit Administrative Agent or Buyers or their authorized agents to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of Seller with its chief operating officer and chief financial officer and to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of Seller with its independent certified public accountants.

l. Books. Seller shall keep or cause to be kept in reasonable detail books and records of account of its assets and business and shall clearly reflect therein the transfer of Purchased Mortgage Loans to Buyers or Administrative Agent for the benefit of Buyers.

m. Approvals. Seller shall maintain all licenses, permits or other approvals necessary for Seller to conduct its business and to perform its obligations under the Program Agreements, and Seller shall conduct its business in accordance in all material respects with applicable law.

n. Material Change in Business. Other than entering into new lines of business typically engaged in by other consumer lending businesses, Seller shall not make any material change in the nature of its business as carried on at the date hereof.

 

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o. Underwriting Guidelines. Seller shall give Administrative Agent prompt written notice of any amendment or modification to the Underwriting Guidelines and promptly deliver to Administrative Agent a complete copy of the amended or modified Underwriting Guidelines.

p. Distributions. Seller shall not pay any dividends greater than Net Income in any given calendar year. If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Seller shall not pay any dividends with respect to any capital stock or other equity interests in such entity, whether now or hereafter outstanding, or make any other distribution in respect thereof, either directly or indirectly, whether in cash or property or in obligations of Seller.

q. Applicable Law. Seller shall comply with the requirements of all applicable laws, rules, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority, in each case, in all material respects.

r. Existence. Seller shall preserve and maintain its legal existence and all of its material rights, privileges, licenses and franchises.

s. Chief Executive Office; Jurisdiction of Organization. Seller shall not move its chief executive office from the address referred to in Section 13(a)(17) or change its jurisdiction of organization from the jurisdiction referred to in Section 13(a)(17) unless it shall have provided Administrative Agent thirty (30) days’ prior written notice of such change.

t. Taxes. Seller shall timely file all federal, state income and other material tax returns that are required to be filed by it and shall timely pay and discharge all material taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed on it or on its income or profits or on any of its property prior to the date on which penalties attach thereto, except for any such tax, assessment, charge or levy the payment of which is being contested in good faith and by proper proceedings and against which adequate reserves are being maintained.

u. Transactions with Affiliates. Except with respect to any Permitted Affiliate Transactions, Seller will not enter into any transaction, including, without limitation, any purchase, sale, lease or exchange of property or the rendering of any service, with any Affiliate unless such transaction is (a) otherwise permitted under the Program Agreements, (b) in the ordinary course of Seller’s business and (c) upon fair and reasonable terms no less favorable to Seller than it would obtain in a comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person which is not an Affiliate, or make a payment that is not otherwise permitted by this Section to any Affiliate.

v. Guarantees. During the existence of a Default or Event of Default, or if a Default or Event of Default would result therefrom, Seller shall not create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Guarantees without the prior written consent of Administrative Agent.

 

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w. Indebtedness. During the existence of a Default or an Event of Default, or if a Default or an Event of Default would occur as a result of such action, neither Seller nor any Subsidiary of Seller may create, incur assume or otherwise suffer to exist any Indebtedness without the prior written consent of Administrative Agent.

x. Hedging. Seller has entered into Interest Rate Protection Agreements with respect to the Conforming Mortgage Loans, FHA Loans and VA Loans, having terms with respect to protection against fluctuations in interest rates acceptable to Buyers or Administrative Agent in their sole discretion.

y. True and Correct Information. All information, reports, exhibits, schedules, financial statements or certificates of Seller, any Subsidiary of Seller thereof or any of their officers furnished to Administrative Agent and/or Buyers hereunder and during Administrative Agent’s and/or Buyers’ diligence of Seller are and will be, when taken as a whole, true and complete in all material respects and do not omit to disclose any material facts necessary to make the statements herein or therein, in light of the circumstances in which they are made, not materially misleading; provided, that with respect to projected financial information, the Seller covenants only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time. All required financial statements, information and reports delivered by Seller to Administrative Agent and/or Buyers pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP (other than monthly financial statements solely with respect to footnotes, year-end adjustments and cash flow statements), or, if applicable, to SEC filings, the appropriate SEC accounting regulations.

z. Agency Approvals; Servicing. On and after approval by the Agencies, Seller shall maintain its status with Fannie Mae as an approved lender and Freddie Mac as an approved seller/servicer, in each case in good standing. Seller shall service all Purchased Mortgage Loans which are Committed Mortgage Loans in accordance with the applicable agency guide. On and after approval by the Agencies, if Seller, for any reason, cease to possess all such applicable Agency Approvals, or should notification to the relevant Agency or to the Department of Housing and Urban Development, FHA or VA be required, Seller shall so notify Administrative Agent immediately in writing. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, Seller shall take all necessary action to maintain all of their applicable Agency Approvals at all times during the term of this Agreement and each outstanding Transaction. Seller has adequate financial standing, servicing facilities, procedures and experienced personnel necessary for the sound servicing of mortgage loans of the same types as may from time to time constitute Mortgage Loans and in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices.

aa. Take-out Payments. With respect to each Committed Mortgage Loan, Seller shall arrange that all payments under the related Take-out Commitment shall be paid directly to Administrative Agent at the account set forth in Section 9 hereof, or to an account approved by Buyers or Administrative Agent in writing prior to such payment. With respect to any Agency Take-out Commitment, if applicable,

 

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(1) with respect to the wire transfer instructions as set forth in Freddie Mac Form 987 (Wire Transfer Authorization for a Cash Warehouse Delivery) such wire transfer instructions are identical to Buyers’ or Administrative Agent’s wire instructions or Administrative Agent or Buyers have approved such wire transfer instructions in writing in their sole discretion, or (2) the Payee Number set forth on Fannie Mae Form 1068 (Fixed-Rate, Graduated-Payment, or Growing-Equity Mortgage Loan Schedule) or Fannie Mae Form 1069 (Adjustable-Rate Mortgage Loan Schedule), as applicable, is identical to the Payee Number that has been identified by Buyers or Administrative Agent in writing as Administrative Agent’s Payee Number or Buyers or Administrative Agent shall have previously approved the related Payee Number in writing in their sole discretion; with respect to any Take-out Commitment with an Agency, the applicable agency documents shall list Buyers or Administrative Agent as sole subscriber, unless otherwise agreed to in writing by Buyers or Administrative Agent, in Buyers’ or Administrative Agent’s sole discretion.

bb. Reserved.

cc. Plan Assets. Seller shall not be an employee benefit plan as defined in Section 3 of Title I of ERISA, or a plan described in Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code and the Seller shall not use “plan assets” within the meaning of 29 CFR §2510.3 101, as amended by Section 3(42) of ERISA to engage in this Agreement or any Transaction hereunder. Transactions by or with Seller shall not be subject to any state or local statute regulating investments of or fiduciary obligations with respect to governmental plans within the meaning of Section 3(32) of ERISA.

dd. Reserved.

ee. Reserved.

ff. Financial Covenants. Seller shall at all times comply with all financial covenants and/or financial ratios set forth in Section 2 of the Pricing Side Letter.

gg. Most Favored Status. Seller shall provide Administrative Agent prompt written notice should Seller or any Subsidiary thereof enter into a repurchase agreement or credit facility in each case providing mortgage warehouse financing with any Person other than the Administrative Agent or an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent which by its terms provides more favorable terms to the Administrative Agent with respect to any guaranties or financial covenants, covering the same or similar subject matter set forth in Sections 14p and 14ff hereof (a “More Favorable Agreement”).

hh. Quality Control. Seller shall maintain an internal quality control program that verifies, on a regular basis, the existence and accuracy of all legal documents, credit documents, property appraisals, and underwriting decisions related to Mortgage Loans and shall provide a report on the results of such quality control program in the Officer’s Compliance Certificate provided pursuant to Section

 

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17(b). Such program shall be capable of evaluating and monitoring the overall quality of Seller’s loan production and servicing activities. Such program shall (i) ensure that the Mortgage Loans are originated and serviced in accordance with prudent mortgage banking practices and accounting principles; (ii) guard against dishonest, fraudulent, or negligent acts; and (iii) guard against errors and omissions by officers, employees, or other authorized persons.

15. Events of Default

Each of the following shall constitute an “Event of Default” hereunder:

a. Payment Failure. Failure of Seller to (i) make any payment of (1) Price Differential within [***] of any Price Differential Payment Date; (2) Repurchase Price on any Repurchase Date or (3) any other sum which has become due within [***] of such due date, in each instance, whether by acceleration or otherwise, under the terms of this Agreement, any other warehouse and security agreement or any other document evidencing or securing Indebtedness of Seller to Administrative Agent or to any Affiliate of Administrative Agent, or (ii) cure any Margin Deficit when due pursuant to Section 6 hereof.

b. Cross Default. Seller or any of its Subsidiaries shall be in default under (i) any Indebtedness, in the aggregate, in excess of $[***], in each instance which default (1) involves the failure to pay a matured obligation, or (2) permits the acceleration of the maturity of obligations by any other party to or beneficiary with respect to such Indebtedness, or (ii) any other contract or contracts, in the aggregate in excess of $[***], in each instance to which Seller is a party which default (1) involves the failure to pay a matured obligation, or (2) permits the acceleration of the maturity of obligations by any other party to or beneficiary of such contract.

c. Assignment. Assignment or attempted assignment by Seller of this Agreement or any rights hereunder without first obtaining the specific written consent of Buyers or Administrative Agent, or the granting by Seller of any security interest, lien or other encumbrances on any Purchased Mortgage Loans to any person other than Buyers or Administrative Agent.

d. Insolvency. An Act of Insolvency shall have occurred with respect to Seller or any Subsidiary of Seller.

e. Material Adverse Change. Any material adverse change in the Property, business, financial condition or operations of Seller and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, shall occur, in each case as determined by Buyers or Administrative Agent in their sole good faith discretion, or any other condition shall exist which, in Buyers’ or Administrative Agent’s sole good faith discretion, constitutes a material impairment of Seller’s ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or any other Program Agreement.

 

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f. Breach of Financial Representation or Covenant or Obligation. A breach by Seller of any of the representations, warranties or covenants or obligations set forth in (i) Sections 13(a)(1) (Seller Existence), 13(a)(7) (Solvency), 13(a)(19) (Adjusted Tangible Net Worth), 14d (Prohibition of Fundamental Changes), 14r (Existence), 14v (Guarantees), 14w (Indebtedness), 14aa (Take-out Payments), 14cc (Plan Assets) or 14ff (Financial Covenants) (other than as set forth in clause (ii) below) of this Agreement or (ii) Section 2.5 of the Pricing Side Letter if such breach is not cured within [***].

g. Breach of Non-Financial Representation or Covenant. A breach by Seller of any other material representation, warranty or covenant set forth in this Agreement (and not otherwise specified in Section 15(f) above) or any other Program Agreement, if such breach is not cured within [***] (other than the representations and warranties set forth in Schedule 1, which shall be considered solely for the purpose of determining the Asset Value, the existence of a Margin Deficit and the obligation to repurchase such Mortgage Loan unless (i) such party shall have made any such representations and warranties with knowledge that they were materially false or misleading at the time made or (ii) any such representations and warranties have been determined by Buyers or Administrative Agent in their sole good faith discretion to be materially false or misleading on a regular basis, then such breach shall constitute an immediate Event of Default and Seller shall have no cure right hereunder).

h. Reserved.

i. Change of Control. The occurrence of a Change in Control without the prior written consent of Buyers or Administrative Agent.

j. Failure to Transfer. Seller fails to transfer the Purchased Mortgage Loans to Buyers or Administrative Agent for the benefit of the applicable Buyer on the applicable Purchase Date (provided Buyers or Administrative Agent has tendered the related Purchase Price).

k. Judgment. A final judgment or judgments for the payment of money in excess of $[***], in each instance shall be rendered against the Seller by one or more courts, administrative tribunals or other bodies having jurisdiction and the same shall not be satisfied, discharged (or provision shall not be made for such discharge) or bonded, or a stay of execution thereof shall not be procured, within [***] from the date of entry thereof.

l. Government Action. Any Governmental Authority or any person, agency or entity acting or purporting to act under governmental authority shall have taken any action to condemn, seize or appropriate, or to assume custody or control of, all or any substantial part of the Property of Seller or any Subsidiary thereof, or shall have taken any action to displace the management of Seller or any Subsidiary thereof or to curtail its authority in the conduct of the business of Seller or any Subsidiary thereof, or takes any action in the nature of enforcement to remove, limit or restrict the approval of Seller or Subsidiaries as an issuer, buyer or a seller/servicer of Mortgage Loans or securities backed thereby, and such action provided for in this subparagraph l shall not have been discontinued or stayed within thirty (30) days.

 

 

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m. Inability to Perform. An officer of Seller shall admit its inability to, or its intention not to, perform any of Seller’s Obligations hereunder.

n. Security Interest. This Agreement shall for any reason cease to create a valid, first priority security interest in any material portion of the Purchased Mortgage Loans or other Repurchase Assets purported to be covered hereby.

o. Financial Statements. Seller’s audited annual financial statements or the notes thereto or other opinions or conclusions stated therein shall be qualified or limited by reference to the status of Seller as a “going concern” or a reference of similar import.

An Event of Default shall be deemed to be continuing unless expressly waived by Administrative Agent in writing.

16. Remedies Upon Default

In the event that an Event of Default shall have occurred:

a. Buyers or Administrative Agent may, at their option (which option shall be deemed to have been exercised immediately upon the occurrence of an Act of Insolvency of Seller or any Subsidiary of Seller), declare an Event of Default to have occurred hereunder and, upon the exercise or deemed exercise of such option, the Repurchase Date for each Transaction hereunder shall, if it has not already occurred, be deemed immediately to occur (except that, in the event that the Purchase Date for any Transaction has not yet occurred as of the date of such exercise or deemed exercise, such Transaction shall be deemed immediately canceled). Buyers or Administrative Agent shall (except upon the occurrence of an Act of Insolvency) give notice to Seller of the exercise of such option as promptly as practicable.

b. If Buyers or Administrative Agent exercises or is deemed to have exercised the option referred to in subparagraph (a) of this Section, (i) Seller’s obligations in such Transactions to repurchase all Purchased Mortgage Loans, at the Repurchase Price therefor on the Repurchase Date determined in accordance with subparagraph (a) of this Section, shall thereupon become immediately due and payable, (ii) all Income paid after such exercise or deemed exercise shall be retained by Buyers or Administrative Agent and applied, in Buyers’ or Administrative Agent’s sole discretion, to the aggregate unpaid Repurchase Prices for all outstanding Transactions and any other amounts owing by Seller hereunder, and (iii) Seller shall immediately upon Administrative Agent’s request deliver to Buyers or Administrative Agent the Mortgage Files relating to any Purchased Mortgage Loans subject to such Transactions then in Seller’s possession or control.

 

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c. Buyers and Administrative Agent also shall have the right to obtain physical possession, and to commence an action to obtain physical possession, of all Records and files of Seller relating to the Purchased Mortgage Loans and Repurchase Assets and all documents relating to the Purchased Mortgage Loans (including, without limitation, any legal, credit or servicing files with respect to the Purchased Mortgage Loans and Repurchase Assets) which are then or may thereafter come in to the possession of Seller or any third party acting for Seller. To obtain physical possession of any Purchased Mortgage Loans held by Custodian, Buyers or Administrative Agent shall present to Custodian a Trust Receipt. Without limiting the rights of Buyers or Administrative Agent hereto to pursue all other legal and equitable rights available to Buyers or Administrative Agent for Seller’s failure to perform its obligations under this Agreement, Seller acknowledges and agrees that the remedy at law for any failure to perform obligations hereunder would be inadequate and Buyers and Administrative Agent shall be entitled to specific performance, injunctive relief, or other equitable remedies in the event of any such failure. The availability of these remedies shall not prohibit Buyers or Administrative Agent from pursuing any other remedies for such breach, including the recovery of monetary damages.

d. Buyers and Administrative Agent shall have the right to direct all servicers then servicing any Purchased Mortgage Loans to remit all collections thereon to Buyers or Administrative Agent and if any such payments are received by Seller, Seller shall not commingle the amounts received with other funds of Seller and shall promptly pay them over to Buyers or Administrative Agent. Buyers and Administrative Agent shall also have the right to terminate any one or all of the servicers then servicing any Purchased Mortgage Loans with or without cause. In addition, Buyers and Administrative Agent shall have the right to immediately sell the Purchased Mortgage Loans and liquidate all Repurchase Assets. Such disposition of Purchased Mortgage Loans may be, at Buyers’ or Administrative Agent’s option, on either a servicing-released or a servicing-retained basis. Neither Buyers nor Administrative Agent shall be required to give any warranties as to the Purchased Mortgage Loans with respect to any such disposition thereof. Buyers and Administrative Agent may specifically disclaim or modify any warranties of title or the like relating to the Purchased Mortgage Loans. The foregoing procedure for disposition of the Purchased Mortgage Loans and liquidation of the Repurchase Assets shall not be considered to adversely affect the commercial reasonableness of any sale thereof. Seller agrees that it would not be commercially unreasonable for Buyers or Administrative Agent to dispose of the Purchased Mortgage Loans or the Repurchase Assets or any portion thereof by using Internet sites that provide for the auction of assets similar to the Purchased Mortgage Loans or the Repurchase Assets, or that have the reasonable capability of doing so, or that match buyers and sellers of assets. Buyers and Administrative Agent shall be entitled to place the Purchased Mortgage Loans in a pool for issuance of mortgage-backed securities at the then-prevailing price for such

 

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securities and to sell such securities for such prevailing price in the open market. Buyers and Administrative Agent shall also be entitled to sell any or all of such Mortgage Loans individually for the prevailing price. Buyers and Administrative Agent shall also be entitled, in their sole discretion to elect, in lieu of selling all or a portion of such Purchased Mortgage Loans, to give the Seller credit for such Purchased Mortgage Loans and the Repurchase Assets in an amount equal to the Market Value of the Purchased Mortgage Loans against the aggregate unpaid Repurchase Price and any other amounts owing by the Seller hereunder.

e. Upon the happening of one or more Events of Default, Buyers and Administrative Agent may apply any proceeds from the liquidation of the Purchased Mortgage Loans and Repurchase Assets to the Repurchase Price hereunder and all other Obligations in the manner Buyers or Administrative Agent deem appropriate in their sole discretion.

f. Seller shall be liable to Administrative Agent and each Buyer for (i) the amount of all reasonable legal or other expenses (including, without limitation, all costs and expenses of Administrative Agent and each Buyer in connection with the enforcement of this Agreement or any other agreement evidencing a Transaction, whether in action, suit or litigation or bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar proceeding affecting creditors’ rights generally, further including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel incurred in connection with or as a result of an Event of Default, (ii) damages in an amount equal to the cost (including all fees, expenses and commissions) of entering into replacement transactions and entering into or terminating hedge transactions in connection with or as a result of an Event of Default, and (iii) any other loss, damage, cost or expense directly arising or resulting from the occurrence of an Event of Default in respect of a Transaction.

g. To the extent permitted by applicable law, Seller shall be liable to Administrative Agent and each Buyer for interest on any amounts owing by Seller hereunder, from the date Seller becomes liable for such amounts hereunder until such amounts are (i) paid in full by Seller or (ii) satisfied in full by the exercise of Administrative Agent’s and Buyers’ rights hereunder. Interest on any sum payable by Seller under this Section 16(g) shall be at a rate equal to the Post-Default Rate.

h. Buyers and Administrative Agent shall have, in addition to its rights hereunder, any rights otherwise available to it under any other agreement or applicable law.

i. Buyers and Administrative Agent may exercise one or more of the remedies available to Buyers or Administrative Agent immediately upon the occurrence of an Event of Default and, except to the extent provided in subsections (a) and (d) of this Section, at any time thereafter without notice to Seller. All rights and remedies arising under this Agreement as amended from time to time hereunder are cumulative and not exclusive of any other rights or remedies which Buyers or Administrative Agent may have.

 

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j. Buyers and Administrative Agent may enforce its rights and remedies hereunder without prior judicial process or hearing, and Seller hereby expressly waives any defenses Seller might otherwise have to require Buyers or Administrative Agent to enforce its rights by judicial process. Seller also waives any defense (other than a defense of payment or performance) Seller might otherwise have arising from the use of nonjudicial process, enforcement and sale of all or any portion of the Repurchase Assets, or from any other election of remedies. Seller recognizes that nonjudicial remedies are consistent with the usages of the trade, are responsive to commercial necessity and are the result of a bargain at arm’s length.

17. Reports

a. Notices. Seller shall furnish to Administrative Agent (x) promptly, copies of any material and adverse notices (including, without limitation, notices of defaults, breaches, potential defaults or potential breaches) and any material financial information that is not otherwise required to be provided by Seller hereunder which is given to Seller’s lenders, (y) immediately, notice of the occurrence of any Event of Default hereunder or default or breach by Seller or Servicer of any obligation under any Program Agreement or the occurrence of any event or circumstance that such party reasonably expects has resulted in, or will, with the passage of time, result in, a Material Adverse Effect or an Event of Default or such a default or breach by such party and (z) the following:

(1) as soon as available and in any event within forty-five (45) calendar days after the end of each calendar month, the unaudited consolidated balance sheets of Seller and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of such period and the related unaudited consolidated statements of income and retained earnings for the Seller and its consolidated Subsidiaries for such period and the portion of the fiscal year through the end of such period, accompanied by a certificate of a Responsible Officer of Seller, which certificate shall state that said consolidated financial statements fairly present in all material respects the consolidated financial condition and results of operations of Seller and its consolidated Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP (other than solely with respect to footnotes, year-end adjustments and cash flow statements) consistently applied, as at the end of, and for, such period;

(2) as soon as available and in any event on or before the last day of the final month of Seller’s first fiscal quarter, the consolidated balance sheets of Seller and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of the prior fiscal year and the related consolidated statements of income and retained earnings and of cash flows for the Seller and its consolidated Subsidiaries for the prior fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous year, accompanied by an opinion thereon of independent certified public accountants of

 

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recognized national standing, which opinion and the scope of audit shall be acceptable to Buyers or Administrative Agent in their sole discretion, shall have no “going concern” qualification and shall state that said consolidated financial statements fairly present the consolidated financial condition and results of operations of the Seller and its respective consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of, and for, such fiscal year in accordance with GAAP;

(3) such other prepared statements that Administrative Agent may reasonably request;

(4) if applicable, copies of any 10-Ks, 10-Qs, registration statements and other “corporate finance” SEC filings (other than 8-Ks) by Seller, within five (5) Business Days of their filing with the SEC; provided, that, Seller or any Subsidiary of Seller will provide Administrative Agent and Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation with a copy of the annual 10-K filed with the SEC by Seller or any Subsidiary of Seller, no later than ninety (90) days after the end of the year;

(5) except to the extent expressly prohibited by the related regulator, as soon as available, and in any event within thirty (30) days of receipt, summaries of relevant portions of all final written Agency, FHA, VA, Governmental Authority and investor audits, examinations, evaluations, monitoring reviews and reports of its operations (including those prepared on a contract basis) which provide for or relate to (i) material corrective action required or (ii) material sanctions proposed, imposed or required, including without limitation notices of defaults, notices of termination of approved status, notices of imposition of supervisory agreements or interim servicing agreements, and notices of probation, suspension, or non-renewal;

(6) from time to time such other information regarding the financial condition, operations, or business of the Seller as Administrative Agent may reasonably request;

(7) as soon as reasonably possible, and in any event within thirty (30) days after a Responsible Officer of the Seller has knowledge of the occurrence of any Event of Termination, stating the particulars of such Event of Termination in reasonable detail;

(8) Seller shall provide the market value analysis for the valuation of its mortgage servicing rights as determined by a Third Party Evaluator for each monthly fiscal period to the extent received, in all instances as set forth in the Officer’s Compliance Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 17(b);

(9) Seller shall provide Administrative Agent, as part of the Officer’s Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 17(b) below, a list of all litigation, actions, suits, arbitrations, investigations or other legal or arbitrable proceedings affecting Seller or a Subsidiary of Seller as set forth in Section 14(c) hereof;

 

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(10) As soon as reasonably possible, notice of any of the following events:

(a) change in the insurance coverage required of Seller, Servicer or any other Person pursuant to any Program Agreement, with a copy of evidence of same attached;

(b) any material dispute, litigation, investigation, proceeding or suspension between Seller or Servicer, on the one hand, and any Governmental Authority or any Person;

(c) any material change in accounting policies or financial reporting practices of Seller or Servicer;

(d) with respect to any Purchased Mortgage Loan, immediately upon receipt of notice or knowledge thereof, that the underlying Mortgaged Property has been damaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, or otherwise damaged so as to materially and adversely affect the value of such Mortgage Loan;

(e) except to the extent expressly prohibited by the related regulator, any material issues raised upon examination of Seller or Seller’s facilities by any Governmental Authority;

(f) any material change in the Indebtedness as listed on Exhibit J hereto of the Seller, including, without limitation, any default, renewal, non-renewal, termination, increase in available amount or decrease in available amount related thereto;

(g) promptly upon receipt of notice or knowledge of (i) any default related to any Repurchase Asset, (ii) any lien or security interest (other than security interests created or contemplated hereby or by the other Program Agreements) on, or claim asserted against, any of the Purchased Mortgage Loans; and

(h) any other event, circumstance or condition that has resulted, or has a possibility of resulting, in a Material Adverse Effect with respect to Seller or Servicer.

b. Officer’s Certificates. Seller will furnish to Administrative Agent, at the time the Seller furnishes each set of financial statements pursuant to Section 17(a)(1) or (2) above, a certificate of a Responsible Officer of Seller in the form of Exhibit A to the Pricing Side Letter.

 

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c. Asset Tape. On each Reporting Date or if requested by Administrative Agent more frequently, Seller shall provide to Administrative Agent, electronically, in a format mutually acceptable to Administrative Agent and Seller, an Asset Tape.

d. Repurchase Reports. Upon request of Administrative Agent, a summary of the portfolio performance on a rolling monthly period, summarized on the basis of (i) pending repurchase demands, (ii) satisfied repurchase demands, (ii) total repurchase demands.

e. Other. Seller shall deliver to Administrative Agent any other reports or information reasonably requested by Administrative Agent or as otherwise required pursuant to this Agreement or as set forth in the Officer’s Compliance Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 17(b) above.

f. Portfolio Performance Data. On the first Reporting Date of each calendar month, Seller will furnish to Administrative Agent (i) in the event the Mortgage Loans are serviced on a “retained” basis, an electronic Mortgage Loan performance data tape, including, without limitation, delinquency reports and volume information, broken down by product (i.e., delinquency, foreclosure and net charge off reports) and (ii) electronically, in a format mutually acceptable to Buyers or Administrative Agent and Seller, servicing information, including, without limitation, those fields reasonably requested by Buyers or Administrative Agent from time to time, on a loan by loan basis and in the aggregate, with respect to the Purchased Mortgage Loans serviced by Seller or any Servicer for the month (or any portion thereof) prior to the Reporting Date. In addition to the foregoing information on each Reporting Date, Seller will furnish to Buyers or Administrative Agent such information upon (i) the occurrence and continuation of an Event of Default and (ii) upon any Purchased Mortgage Loan becoming an Aged Loan.

g. Hedging Reports. Once per calendar week, Seller shall furnish to Administrative Agent a summary of all Interest Rate Protection Agreements entered into or maintained by Seller in form and substance acceptable to Administrative Agent.

h. DE Compare Ratio and HUD Reports. Seller shall furnish to Administrative Agent the following notices:

(1) In the event Seller’s DE Compare Ratio equals or exceeds [***], Seller shall provide Administrative Agent with written notice of such occurrence within five (5) Business Days, which notice shall include a written summary of actions Seller is taking to correct its DE Compare Ratio.

(2) In the event Seller receives any inquiry or notice from HUD regarding its DE Compare Ratio, Seller shall provide Administrative Agent with written notice of such inquiry or notice within five (5) Business Days, regardless of Seller’s current DE Compare Ratio.

 

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(3) In the event of any action plan with respect to Seller’s DE Compare Ratio is agreed to between Seller and HUD or imposed upon Seller by HUD, Seller shall provide Administrative Agent with a written summary of such agreement or imposition, as applicable, within five (5) Business Days.

18. Repurchase Transactions

A Buyer may, in its sole election, engage in repurchase transactions (as “seller” thereunder) with any or all of the Purchased Mortgage Loans and/or Repurchase Assets or pledge, hypothecate, assign, transfer or otherwise convey any or all of the Purchased Mortgage Loans and/or Repurchase Assets with a counterparty of Buyers’ choice (such transaction, a “Repledge Transaction”). Any Repledge Transaction shall be effected by notice to the Administrative Agent, and shall be reflected on the books and records of the Administrative Agent. Unless an Event of Default shall have occurred, no such Repledge Transaction shall relieve such Buyer of its obligations to transfer Purchased Mortgage Loans and Repurchase Assets to Seller (and not substitutions thereof) pursuant to the terms hereof. In the event such Buyer engages in a repurchase transaction with any of the Purchased Mortgage Loans or otherwise pledges or hypothecates any of the Purchased Mortgage Loans, such Buyer shall have the right to assign to such Buyer’s counterparty any of the applicable representations or warranties herein and the remedies for breach thereof, as they relate to the Purchased Mortgage Loans that are subject to such repurchase transaction. In furtherance, and not by limitation of, the foregoing, it is acknowledged that each counterparty under a Repledge Transaction (a “Repledgee”), is a repledgee as contemplated by Sections 9-207 and 9-623 of the UCC (and the relevant Official Comments thereunder). Administrative Agent and Buyers are each hereby authorized to share any information delivered hereunder with the Repledgee, subject to the confidentiality requirements set forth in Section 32 herein.

19. Single Agreement

Administrative Agent, Buyers and Seller acknowledge they have and will enter into each Transaction hereunder, in consideration of and in reliance upon the fact that, all Transactions hereunder constitute a single business and contractual relationship and have been made in consideration of each other. Accordingly, each of Administrative Agent, Buyers and Seller agrees (i) to perform all of its obligations in respect of each Transaction hereunder, and that a default in the performance of any such obligations shall constitute a default by it in respect of all Transactions hereunder, (ii) that each of them shall be entitled to set off claims and apply property held by them in respect of any Transaction against obligations owing to them in respect of any other Transactions hereunder and (iii) that payments, deliveries and other transfers made by either of them in respect of any Transaction shall be deemed to have been made in consideration of payments, deliveries and other transfers in respect of any other Transactions hereunder, and the obligations to make any such payments, deliveries and other transfers may be applied against each other and netted.

 

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20. Notices and Other Communications

Any and all notices (with the exception of Transaction Requests, which shall be delivered via electronic mail or other electronic medium agreed to by the Administrative Agent and the Seller), statements, demands or other communications hereunder may be given by a party to the other by mail, email, facsimile, messenger or otherwise to the address specified below, or so sent to such party at any other place specified in a notice of change of address hereafter received by the other. All notices, demands and requests hereunder may be made orally, to be confirmed promptly in writing, or by other communication as specified in the preceding sentence. In all cases, to the extent that the related individual set forth in the respective “Attention” line is no longer employed by the respective Person, such notice may be given to the attention of a Responsible Officer of the respective Person or to the attention of such individual or individuals as subsequently notified in writing by a Responsible Officer of the respective Person.

If to Seller:

Caliber Home Loans, Inc.

3701 Regent Boulevard

Irving, Texas 75063

Attention: Sheila Mayes

Phone Number: 214 ###-###-####

Fax Number: 877 ###-###-####

E-mail: ***@***

with copies to:

Caliber Home Loans, Inc.

3701 Regent Boulevard

Irving, Texas 75063

Attention: Glenn Minkoff

Phone Number: 214 ###-###-####

Fax Number: 214 ###-###-####

E-mail: ***@***

and

Caliber Home Loans, Inc.

3701 Regent Boulevard

Irving, Texas 75063

Attention: Aubrey L. Meyers, Senior Vice President and Deputy General

Counsel

Phone Number: 214 ###-###-####

Fax Number: 214 ###-###-####

E-mail: ***@***

If to Administrative Agent:

For Transaction Requests:

CSFBMC LLC

 

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c/o Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

One Madison Avenue, 2nd floor

New York, New York 10010

Attention: Christopher Bergs, Resi Mortgage Warehouse Ops

Phone: 212 ###-###-####

E-mail: ***@***

with a copy to:

Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Capital LLC

c/o Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

Eleven Madison Avenue, 4th Floor

New York, NY 10010

Attention: Margaret Dellafera

E-mail: ***@***

For all other Notices:

Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Capital LLC

c/o Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

Eleven Madison Avenue, 4th Floor

New York, NY 10010

Attention: Margaret Dellafera

Phone Number: 212 ###-###-####

Fax Number: 212 ###-###-####

E-mail: ***@***

with a copy to:

Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Capital LLC

c/o Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

One Madison Avenue, 9th Floor

New York, NY 10010

Attention: Legal Department—RMBS Warehouse Lending

Fax Number: (212) 322-2376

21. Entire Agreement; Severability

This Agreement shall supersede any existing agreements between the parties containing general terms and conditions for repurchase transactions. Each provision and agreement herein shall be treated as separate and independent from any other provision or agreement herein and shall be enforceable notwithstanding the unenforceability of any such other provision or agreement.

 

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22. Non assignability

The Program Agreements are not assignable by Seller. Subject to Section 38 (Acknowledgement of Assignment and Administration of Repurchase Agreement) hereof, Administrative Agent and Buyers may from time to time assign all or a portion of their rights and obligations under this Agreement and the Program Agreements with Seller’s prior written consent, which such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld; provided, however that such consent shall not be required if Administrative Agent or Buyers assigns their rights and obligations to (i) an Affiliate of Administrative Agent or Buyers or (ii) after the occurrence and during the occurrence of an Event of Default. Administrative Agent, or a Buyer in the case of any participation, shall maintain, solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of Seller, for review by Seller upon written request, a register of assignees, participants and Buyers as joined from time to time (the “Register”) and a copy of an executed assignment and acceptance by Buyers or Administrative Agent and assignee (“Assignment and Acceptance”), specifying the percentage or portion of such rights and obligations assigned. The entries in the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and the Seller, Administrative Agent and Buyers shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register in accordance with this Section 22 as a Buyer hereunder. Upon such assignment in accordance with this Section 22 and recordation in the Register, (a) such assignee shall be a party hereto and to each Program Agreement to the extent of the percentage or portion set forth in the Assignment and Acceptance, and shall succeed to the applicable rights and obligations of Administrative Agent and Buyers hereunder, as applicable, and (b) Administrative Agent and Buyers shall be released from their respective obligations hereunder and under the Program Agreements to the extent that such rights and obligations have been expressly assumed by the assignee. Any assignment hereunder shall be deemed a joinder of such assignee as a Buyer hereto. Unless otherwise stated in the Assignment and Acceptance, Seller shall continue to take directions solely from Buyers or Administrative Agent unless otherwise notified by Buyers or Administrative Agent in writing. Administrative Agent and Buyers may distribute to any prospective or actual assignee any document or other information delivered to Administrative Agent and/or Buyers by Seller as long as such assignee agrees to comply with the confidentiality requirements set forth in Section 32 hereof

23. Set-off

In addition to any rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent and Buyers hereunder and by law, the Administrative Agent and Buyers shall have the right, without prior notice to the Seller, any such notice being expressly waived by the Seller to the extent permitted by applicable law to set-off and appropriate and apply against any Obligation from Seller or any Subsidiary thereof to a Buyer or any of its Affiliates any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final), in any currency, and any other obligation (including to return excess margin), credits, indebtedness or claims, in any currency, in each case whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, at any time held or owing by or due from a Buyer or any Affiliate thereof to or for the credit or the account of the Seller or any Subsidiary thereof. Administrative Agent agrees promptly to notify the Seller after any such set off and application made by a Buyer; provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set off and application.

 

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24. Binding Effect; Governing Law; Jurisdiction

a. This Agreement shall be binding and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns. Seller acknowledges that the obligations of Administrative Agent and Buyers hereunder or otherwise are not the subject of any guaranty by, or recourse to, any direct or indirect parent or other Affiliate of Administrative Agent and Buyers. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, AND GOVERNED BY, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO THE CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF.

b. SELLER HEREBY WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY. SELLER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF ANY COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, OR IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE PROGRAM AGREEMENTS IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING. SELLER HEREBY SUBMITS TO, AND WAIVES ANY OBJECTION THEY MAY HAVE TO, EXCLUSIVE PERSONAL JURISDICTION AND VENUE IN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, WITH RESPECT TO ANY DISPUTES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE PROGRAM AGREEMENTS.

25. No Waivers, Etc.

No express or implied waiver of any Event of Default by either party shall constitute a waiver of any other Event of Default and no exercise of any remedy hereunder by any party shall constitute a waiver of its right to exercise any other remedy hereunder. No modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement and no consent by any party to a departure herefrom shall be effective unless and until such shall be in writing and duly executed by both of the parties hereto. Without limitation on any of the foregoing, the failure to give a notice pursuant to Section 6(a), 16(a) or otherwise, will not constitute a waiver of any right to do so at a later date.

26. Intent

a. The parties recognize that each Transaction is a “repurchase agreement” as that term is defined in Section 101 of Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended, a “securities contract” as that term is defined in Section 741 of Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended, and a “master netting agreement” as that term is defined in Section 101(38A)(A) of the Bankruptcy Code, that all payments hereunder are deemed “margin payments” or “settlement payments” as defined in Title 11 of the United States Code, and that the pledge of the Repurchase Assets constitutes “a security agreement or other arrangement or other credit enhancement” that is “related to” the Agreement and Transactions hereunder within the meaning of Sections 101(38A)(A), 101(47)(A)(v) and 741(7)(A)(xi) of the Bankruptcy Code. Seller, Administrative Agent and Buyers further recognize and intend that this Agreement is an agreement to provide financial accommodations and is not subject to assumption pursuant to Bankruptcy Code Section 365(a).

 

 

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b. Administrative Agent’s or a Buyer’s right to liquidate the Purchased Mortgage Loans delivered to it in connection with the Transactions hereunder or to accelerate or terminate this Agreement or otherwise exercise any other remedies pursuant to Section 16 hereof is a contractual right to liquidate, accelerate or terminate such Transaction as described in Bankruptcy Code Sections 555, 559 and 561; any payments or transfers of property made with respect to this Agreement or any Transaction to satisfy a Margin Deficit shall be considered a “margin payment” as such term is defined in Bankruptcy Code Section 741(5).

c. The parties agree and acknowledge that if a party hereto is an “insured depository institution,” as such term is defined in the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, as amended (“FDIA”), then each Transaction hereunder is a “qualified financial contract,” as that term is defined in FDIA and any rules, orders or policy statements thereunder (except insofar as the type of assets subject to such Transaction would render such definition inapplicable).

d. It is understood that this Agreement constitutes a “netting contract” as defined in and subject to Title IV of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991 (“FDICIA”) and each payment entitlement and payment obligation under any Transaction hereunder shall constitute a “covered contractual payment entitlement” or “covered contractual payment obligation”, respectively, as defined in and subject to FDICIA (except insofar as one or all of the parties is not a “financial institution” as that term is defined in FDICIA).

e. This Agreement is intended to be a “repurchase agreement” and a “securities contract,” within the meaning of Section 101(47), Section 555, Section 559 and Section 741 under the Bankruptcy Code.

f. Each party agrees that this Agreement is intended to create mutuality of obligations among the parties, and as such, the Agreement constitutes a contract which (i) is between all of the parties and (ii) places each party in the same right and capacity.

27. Disclosure Relating to Certain Federal Protections

The parties acknowledge that they have been advised that:

a. in the case of Transactions in which one of the parties is a broker or dealer registered with the SEC under Section 15 of the 1934 Act, the Securities Investor Protection Corporation has taken the position that the provisions of the SIPA do not protect the other party with respect to any Transaction hereunder;

 

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b. in the case of Transactions in which one of the parties is a government securities broker or a government securities dealer registered with the SEC under Section 15C of the 1934 Act, SIPA will not provide protection to the other party with respect to any Transaction hereunder; and

c. in the case of Transactions in which one of the parties is a financial institution, funds held by the financial institution pursuant to a Transaction hereunder are not a deposit and therefore are not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund, as applicable.

28. Power of Attorney

Seller hereby authorizes Buyers or Administrative Agent to file such financing statement or statements relating to the Repurchase Assets without Seller’s signature thereon as Buyers or Administrative Agent, at their option, may deem appropriate. Seller hereby appoints Buyers and Administrative Agent as Seller’s agent and attorney-in-fact to execute any such financing statement or statements in Seller’s name and to perform all other acts which Buyers or Administrative Agent deem appropriate to perfect and continue its ownership interest in and/or the security interest granted hereby, if applicable, and to protect, preserve and realize upon the Repurchase Assets, including, but not limited to, the right to endorse notes, complete blanks in documents, transfer servicing, and sign assignments on behalf of Seller as its agent and attorney-in-fact. This agency and power of attorney is coupled with an interest and is irrevocable without Buyers’ or Administrative Agent’s consent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the power of attorney hereby granted may be exercised only during the occurrence and continuance of any Default hereunder. Seller shall pay the filing costs for any financing statement or statements prepared pursuant to this Section 28. In addition to the foregoing, the Seller agrees to execute a Power of Attorney, in the form of Exhibit E hereto, to be delivered on the date hereof.

29. Buyers May Act Through Administrative Agent

Each Buyer has designated the Administrative Agent for the purpose of performing any action hereunder.

30. Indemnification; Obligations

a. Seller agrees to hold Administrative Agent, Buyers and each of their respective Affiliates and their officers, directors, employees, agents and advisors (each, an “Indemnified Party”) harmless from and indemnify each Indemnified Party (and will reimburse each Indemnified Party as the same is incurred) against all liabilities, losses, damages, judgments, costs and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) of any kind which may be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against any Indemnified Party relating to or arising out of any Program Agreement or any Transaction Request or any transaction contemplated hereby or thereby resulting from anything other than the Indemnified Party’s gross negligence or willful misconduct. Seller also agrees to reimburse each Indemnified Party for all reasonable expenses in connection with the enforcement of this Agreement and the exercise of any right or remedy

 

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provided for herein, any Transaction Request and any Program Agreement, including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel. Seller’s agreements in this Section 30 shall survive the payment in full of the Repurchase Price and the expiration or termination of this Agreement. Seller hereby acknowledges that its obligations hereunder are recourse obligations of Seller and are not limited to recoveries each Indemnified Party may have with respect to the Purchased Mortgage Loans. Seller also agrees not to assert any claim against Administrative Agent, each Buyer or any of their respective Affiliates, or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, attorneys and agents, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages arising out of or otherwise relating to the facility established hereunder, the actual or proposed use of the proceeds of the Transactions, this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated thereby. THE FOREGOING INDEMNITY AND AGREEMENT NOT TO ASSERT CLAIMS EXPRESSLY APPLIES, WITHOUT LIMITATION, TO THE NEGLIGENCE (BUT NOT GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT) OF THE INDEMNIFIED PARTIES. This Section 30(a) shall not apply to Taxes other than Taxes that represent damages arising from any non-Tax claim.

b. Without limitation to the provisions of Section 4, if any payment of the Repurchase Price of any Transaction is made by Seller other than on the then scheduled Repurchase Date thereto as a result of an acceleration of the Repurchase Date pursuant to Section 16 or for any other reason, Seller shall, upon demand by Administrative Agent, pay to Buyers or Administrative Agent on behalf of Buyers an amount sufficient to compensate Buyers for any losses, costs or expenses that they may reasonably incur as of a result of such payment.

c. Without limiting the provisions of Section 30(a) hereof, if Seller fails to pay when due any costs, expenses or other amounts payable by it under this Agreement, including, without limitation, fees and expenses of counsel and indemnities, such amount may be paid on behalf of Seller by Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion.

31. Counterparts

This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, and all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement in a portable document format (PDF) or by facsimile shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed original counterpart of this Agreement.

32. Confidentiality

This Agreement and its terms, provisions, supplements and amendments, and notices hereunder, are confidential and shall be held by the parties hereto in strict confidence and shall not be disclosed to any third party without the written consent of the non-disclosing party except for (i) disclosure to any party’s direct and indirect affiliates and Subsidiaries,

 

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representatives, attorneys or accountants, but only to the extent such disclosure is necessary to do so in working with legal counsel, auditors, taxing authorities, rating agencies or other governmental agencies or regulatory bodies or in order to comply with any applicable federal or state laws and such parties agree to hold all information in strict confidence, (ii) disclosure required in its financial statements in accordance with GAAP, (iii) disclosure required by law, rule, regulation or order of a court or other regulatory body or rating agency or otherwise required in connection with any securities issued by a Buyer or an Affiliate of a Buyer, (iv) disclosure as is appropriate for Administrative Agent and Buyers to do so in working with Administrative Agent’s and Buyers’ affiliates, Subsidiaries and representatives in connection with the management and/or review of the Transactions or performing rights or obligations under this facility, (v) disclosure of any confidential terms that are in the public domain other than due to a breach of this covenant, (vi) disclosure made to an assignee, Repledgee or any of their direct and indirect affiliates and Subsidiaries, representatives, attorneys or accountants, but only to the extent such disclosure is necessary in connection with the transactions or performing rights or obligations under this facility, and provided that, to the extent such disclosure involves information regarding the Seller or Confidential Information related to a Mortgagor’s name, address or social security number, such information shall be subject to a confidentiality agreement that will require materially the same confidentiality requirements as set forth herein or (vii) disclosure as Administrative Agent and Buyers deem appropriate in connection with the enforcement of Administrative Agent’s and Buyers’, any assignee’s or Repledgee’s respective rights hereunder or under any Transaction, including in connection with disposition of Repurchase Assets as permitted hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Program Agreement, the parties hereto may disclose to any and all Persons, without limitation of any kind, the federal, state and local tax treatment of the Transactions, any fact relevant to understanding the federal, state and local tax treatment of the Transactions, and all materials of any kind (including opinions or other tax analyses) relating to such federal, state and local tax treatment and that may be relevant to understanding such tax treatment; provided that Seller may not disclose the name of or identifying information with respect to Administrative Agent and Buyers or any pricing terms (including, without limitation, the Pricing Rate, Commitment Fee, Purchase Price Percentage and Purchase Price) or other nonpublic business or financial information (including any sublimits and financial covenants) that is unrelated to the federal, state and local tax treatment of the Transactions and is not relevant to understanding the federal, state and local tax treatment of the Transactions, without the prior written consent of Buyers or Administrative Agent.

Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, all parties shall comply with all applicable local, state and federal laws, including, without limitation, all privacy and data protection law, rules and regulations that are applicable to the Purchased Mortgage Loans and/or any applicable terms of this Agreement (the “Confidential Information”). Each of Administrative Agent, each Buyer and Seller understands that the Confidential Information may contain “nonpublic personal information”, as that term is defined in Section 509(4) of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (the “Act”), and each of Administrative Agent, each Buyer and Seller agrees to maintain such nonpublic personal information that it receives hereunder in accordance with the Act and other applicable federal and state privacy laws. Seller shall implement such physical and other security measures as shall be necessary to (a) ensure the security and confidentiality of the “nonpublic personal information” of the “customers” and “consumers” (as those terms are defined in the Act) of Administrative Agent and Buyers or any Affiliate of

 

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Administrative Agent or Buyers which the Seller holds or (b) protect against any threats or hazards to the security and integrity of such nonpublic personal information, and (c) protect against any unauthorized access to or use of such nonpublic personal information. Seller represents and warrants that it has implemented appropriate measures to meet the objectives of Section 501(b) of the Act and of the applicable standards adopted pursuant thereto, as now or hereafter in effect. Upon request, Seller will provide evidence reasonably satisfactory to allow Administrative Agent and/or Buyers to confirm that the providing party has satisfied its obligations as required under this Section. Without limitation, this may include Administrative Agent’s or Buyers’ review of audits, summaries of test results, and other equivalent evaluations of the Seller. The Seller shall notify Administrative Agent timely following discovery of any breach or compromise of the security, confidentiality, or integrity of nonpublic personal information of the customers and consumers of such other party or its Affiliates.

33. Recording of Communications

Administrative Agent, Buyers and Seller shall have the right (but not the obligation) from time to time to make or cause to be made tape recordings of communications between its employees and those of the other party with respect to Transactions. Administrative Agent, Buyers and Seller consent to the admissibility of such tape recordings in any court, arbitration, or other proceedings. The parties agree that a duly authenticated transcript of such a tape recording shall be deemed to be a writing conclusively evidencing the parties’ agreement.

34. Reserved

35. Reserved

36. Periodic Due Diligence Review

Seller acknowledges that Administrative Agent has the right to perform continuing due diligence reviews with respect to the Seller and the Mortgage Loans, for purposes of verifying compliance with the representations, warranties and specifications made hereunder, for the purpose of performing quality control review of the Mortgage Loans, or otherwise, and Seller agrees that upon reasonable (but no less than one (1) Business Day’s) prior notice unless an Event of Default shall have occurred, in which case no notice is required, to Seller, Administrative Agent or its authorized representatives will be permitted during normal business hours to examine, inspect, and make copies and extracts of, the Mortgage Files and any and all documents, data, records, agreements, instruments or information relating to such Mortgage Loans (including, without limitation, quality control review) in the possession or under the control of Seller and/or the Custodian. Seller also shall make available to Administrative Agent a knowledgeable financial or accounting officer for the purpose of answering questions respecting the Mortgage Files and the Mortgage Loans. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Seller acknowledges that Administrative Agent and Buyers may purchase Mortgage Loans from Seller based solely upon the information provided by Seller to Administrative Agent and Buyers in the Mortgage Loan Schedule and the representations, warranties and covenants contained herein, and that Administrative Agent at its option, has the right at any time to conduct a partial or complete due diligence review on some or all of the Mortgage Loans purchased in a Transaction, including, without limitation, ordering broker’s price opinions, new credit reports

 

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and new appraisals on the related Mortgaged Properties and otherwise re-generating the information used to originate such Mortgage Loan. Administrative Agent or Buyers may underwrite such Mortgage Loans itself or engage a mutually agreed upon third party underwriter to perform such underwriting. Seller agrees to cooperate with Administrative Agent, Buyers and any third party underwriter in connection with such underwriting, including, but not limited to, providing Administrative Agent, Buyers and any third party underwriter with access to any and all documents, records, agreements, instruments or information relating to such Mortgage Loans in the possession, or under the control, of Seller. Seller further agrees that Seller shall pay all reasonable and customary out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by Administrative Agent in connection with Administrative Agent’s activities pursuant to this Section 36 (“Due Diligence Costs”); provided that such Due Diligence Costs shall not exceed the Due Diligence Cap and provided further that such Due Diligence Cap shall not apply on or after the occurrence of an Event of Default.

37. Authorizations

Any of the persons whose signatures and titles appear on Schedule 2 are authorized, acting singly, to act for Seller, Buyers or Administrative Agent, as the case may be, under this Agreement. The Seller may amend Schedule 2 from time to time by delivering a revised Schedule 2 to Buyers or Administrative Agent and expressly stating that such revised Schedule 2 shall replace the existing Schedule 2.

38. Acknowledgment of Assignment and Administration of Repurchase Agreement

Pursuant to Section 22 (Non assignability) of this Agreement, a Buyer or Administrative Agent may sell, transfer and/or convey certain Purchased Mortgage Loans and the related Repurchase Assets and related Transactions in accordance with the terms of Section 22. The Administrative Agent shall administer the provisions of this Agreement for the benefit of the Buyers. For the avoidance of doubt, all payments, notices, communications and agreements pursuant to this Agreement shall be delivered to, and entered into by, the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Buyers. Furthermore, to the extent that the Administrative Agent exercises remedies pursuant to this Agreement, any of the Administrative Agent and/or any Buyer will have the right to bid on and/or purchase any of the Repurchase Assets pursuant to Section 16 (Remedies Upon Default). Notwithstanding that multiple Buyers may purchase individual Mortgage Loans subject to Transactions entered into under this Agreement, all Transactions shall continue to be deemed a single Transaction and all of the Repurchase Assets shall be security for all of the Obligations hereunder.

39. Acknowledgement Of Anti-Predatory Lending Policies

Administrative Agent has in place internal policies and procedures that expressly prohibit its purchase of any High Cost Mortgage Loan.

40. Documents Mutually Drafted

The Seller, Administrative Agent and the Buyers agree that this Agreement and each other Program Agreement prepared in connection with the Transactions set forth herein have been mutually drafted and negotiated by each party, and consequently such documents shall not be construed against any party as the drafter thereof.

 

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41. General Interpretive Principles

For purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:

a. the terms defined in this Agreement have the meanings assigned to them in this Agreement and include the plural as well as the singular, and the use of any gender herein shall be deemed to include the other gender;

b. accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with GAAP;

c. references herein to “Articles”, “Sections”, “Subsections”, “Paragraphs”, and other subdivisions without reference to a document are to designated Articles, Sections, Subsections, Paragraphs and other subdivisions of this Agreement;

d. a reference to a Subsection without further reference to a Section is a reference to such Subsection as contained in the same Section in which the reference appears, and this rule shall also apply to Paragraphs and other subdivisions;

e. the words “herein”, “hereof”, “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision;

f. the term “include” or “including” shall mean without limitation by reason of enumeration;

g. all times specified herein or in any other Program Agreement (unless expressly specified otherwise) are local times in New York, New York unless otherwise stated; and

h. all references herein or in any Program Agreement to “good faith” means good faith as defined in Section 1-201(19) of the UCC as in effect in the State of New York.

42. Reserved

43. Conflicts

In the event of any conflict between the terms of this Agreement and any other Program Agreement, the documents shall control in the following order of priority: first, the terms of the Pricing Side Letter shall prevail, then the terms of this Agreement shall prevail, and then the terms of the other Program Agreements shall prevail.

 

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44. Bankruptcy Non-Petition

The parties hereby agree that they shall not institute against, or join any other person in instituting against, any Buyer that is a CP Conduit any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceeding, or other proceeding under any federal or state bankruptcy or similar law, for one year and one day after the latest maturing commercial paper note issued by the applicable CP Conduit is paid in full.

45. Limited Recourse

The obligations of each Buyer under this Agreement or any other Program Agreement are solely the corporate obligations of such Buyer. No recourse shall be had for the payment of any amount owing by any Buyer under this Agreement, or for the payment by any Buyer of any fee in respect hereof or any other obligation or claim of or against such Buyer arising out of or based on this Agreement, against any stockholder, partner, member, employee, officer, director or incorporator or other authorized person of such Buyer. In addition, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the parties agree that all payment obligations of any Buyer that is a CP Conduit under this Agreement shall be limited recourse obligations of such Buyer, payable solely from the funds of such Buyer available for such purpose in accordance with its commercial paper program documents. Each party waives payment of any amount which such Buyer does not pay pursuant to the operation of the preceding sentence until the day which is at least one year and one day after the payment in full of the latest maturing commercial paper note (and waives any “claim” against such Buyer within the meaning of Section 101(5) of the Bankruptcy Code or any other Debtor Relief Law for any such insufficiency until such date).

46. Amendment and Restatement

The terms and provisions of the Existing Repurchase Agreement are hereby amended and restated in their entirety by the terms and provisions of this Agreement and shall supersede all provisions of the Existing Repurchase Agreement as of the date hereof. From and after the date hereof, all references made to the Existing Repurchase Agreement in any Program Agreement or in any other instrument or document shall, without more, be deemed to refer to this Agreement.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Capital LLC, as

Administrative Agent

 

By:  

/s/ Elie Chau

  Name: Elie Chau
  Title: Vice President

Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as a Buyer

 

By:  

/s/ Oliver Nisenson

  Name: Oliver Nisenson
  Title: Authorized Signatory

 

By:  

/s/ Chris Fera

  Name: Chris Fera
  Title: Authorized Signatory

Alpine Securitization LTD, as a Buyer, by Credit

Suisse AG, New York Branch as Attorney-in-Fact

 

By:  

/s/ Oliver Nisenson

  Name: Oliver Nisenson
  Title: Authorized Signatory

 

By:  

/s/ Chris Fera

  Name: Chris Fera
  Title: Vice President

Signature Page to Second Amended and Restated Master Repurchase Agreement


Caliber Home Loans, Inc., as Seller

 

By:  

/s/ William Dellal

  Name: William Dellal
  Title: Chief Financial Officer

Signature Page to Second Amended and Restated Master Repurchase Agreement


SCHEDULE 1

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO PURCHASED MORTGAGE LOANS

(a) Payments Current. All payments required to be made up to the Purchase Date for the Mortgage Loan under the terms of the Mortgage Note have been made and credited. No payment required under the Mortgage Loan is delinquent nor has any payment under the Mortgage Loan been delinquent at any time since the origination of the Mortgage Loan within the grace period and, if the Mortgage Loan is a Co-op Loan, no foreclosure action or private or public sale under the Uniform Commercial Code has ever to the knowledge of Seller, been threatened or commenced with respect to the Co-op Loan. The first Monthly Payment shall be made, or shall have been made, with respect to the Mortgage Loan on its Due Date or within the grace period, all in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Note.

(b) No Outstanding Charges. All taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing have been paid, or an escrow of funds has been established in an amount sufficient to pay for every such item which remains unpaid and which has been assessed but is not yet due and payable. Neither Seller nor the Qualified Originator from which Seller acquired the Mortgage Loan has advanced funds, or induced, solicited or knowingly received any advance of funds by a party other than the Mortgagor, directly or indirectly, for the payment of any amount required under the Mortgage Loan, except for interest accruing from the date of the Mortgage Note or date of disbursement of the proceeds of the Mortgage Loan, whichever is earlier, to the day which precedes by one month the Due Date of the first installment of principal and/or interest thereunder.

(c) Original Terms Unmodified. The terms of the Mortgage Note (and the Proprietary Lease, the Assignment of Proprietary Lease and Stock Power with respect to each Co-op Loan) and Mortgage have not been impaired, waived, altered or modified in any respect, from the date of origination; except by a written instrument which has been recorded, if necessary to protect the interests of Buyers, and which has been delivered to the Custodian and the terms of which are reflected in the Custodial Mortgage Loan Schedule. The substance of any such waiver, alteration or modification has been approved by the title insurer, to the extent required, and its terms are reflected on the Custodial Mortgage Loan Schedule. No Mortgagor in respect of the Mortgage Loan has been released, in whole or in part, except in connection with an assumption agreement approved by the title insurer, to the extent required by such policy, and which assumption agreement is part of the Mortgage File delivered to the Custodian and the terms of which are reflected in the Custodial Mortgage Loan Schedule.

(d) No Defenses. The Mortgage Loan (and the Assignment of Proprietary Lease related to each Co-op Loan) is not subject to any right of rescission, set-off, counterclaim or defense, including, without limitation, the defense of usury, nor will the operation of any of the terms of the Mortgage Note or the Mortgage, or the exercise of any right thereunder, render either the Mortgage Note or the Mortgage unenforceable, in whole or in part and no such right of rescission, set-off, counterclaim or defense has been asserted with respect thereto, and no

 

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Mortgagor in respect of the Mortgage Loan was a debtor in any state or Federal bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding at the time the Mortgage Loan was originated. Seller has no knowledge nor has it received any notice that any Mortgagor in respect of the Mortgage Loan is a debtor in any state or federal bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding.

(e) Hazard Insurance. The Mortgaged Property is insured by a fire and extended perils insurance policy, issued by a Qualified Insurer, and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the Mortgaged Property is located, and to the extent required by Seller as of the date of origination consistent with the Underwriting Guidelines, against earthquake and other risks insured against by Persons operating like properties in the locality of the Mortgaged Property, in an amount not less than the greatest of (i) 100% of the replacement cost of all improvements to the Mortgaged Property, (ii) the outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan, or (iii) the amount necessary to avoid the operation of any co-insurance provisions with respect to the Mortgaged Property, and consistent with the amount that would have been required as of the date of origination in accordance with the Underwriting Guidelines. If any portion of the Mortgaged Property is in an area identified by any federal Governmental Authority as having special flood hazards, and flood insurance is available, a flood insurance policy meeting the current guidelines of the Federal Emergency Management Agency is in effect with a generally acceptable insurance carrier, in an amount representing coverage not less than the least of (1) the outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan, (2) the full insurable value of the Mortgaged Property, and (3) the maximum amount of insurance available under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended by the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973. All such insurance policies (collectively, the “hazard insurance policy”) contain a standard mortgagee clause naming Seller, its successors and assigns (including, without limitation, subsequent owners of the Mortgage Loan), as mortgagee, and may not be reduced, terminated or canceled without 30 days’ prior written notice to the mortgagee. No such notice has been received by Seller. All premiums on such insurance policy have been paid. The related Mortgage obligates the Mortgagor to maintain all such insurance and, at such Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the mortgagee to maintain such insurance at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense and to seek reimbursement therefor from such Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, the Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering a condominium, or any hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer and is in full force and effect. Seller has not engaged in, and has no knowledge of the Mortgagor’s having engaged in, any act or omission which would impair the coverage of any such policy, the benefits of the endorsement provided for herein, or the validity and binding effect of either including, without limitation, no unlawful fee, commission, kickback or other unlawful compensation or value of any kind has been or will be received, retained or realized by any attorney, firm or other Person, and no such unlawful items have been received, retained or realized by Seller.

(f) Compliance with Applicable Laws. Any and all requirements of any federal, state or local law including, without limitation, usury, truth-in-lending, real estate settlement procedures, consumer credit protection, equal credit opportunity or disclosure laws applicable to the Mortgage Loan have been complied with, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not involve the violation of any such laws or regulations, and Seller shall maintain or shall cause its agent to maintain in its possession, available for the inspection of Buyers or Administrative Agent, and shall deliver to Buyers or Administrative Agent, upon demand, evidence of compliance with all such requirements.

 

Schedule 1-2


(g) No Satisfaction of Mortgage. The Mortgage has not been satisfied, canceled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission. Seller has not waived the performance by the Mortgagor of any action, if the Mortgagor’s failure to perform such action would cause the Mortgage Loan to be in default, nor has Seller waived any default resulting from any action or inaction by the Mortgagor.

(h) Location and Type of Mortgaged Property. The Mortgaged Property is located in an Acceptable State as identified in the Custodial Mortgage Loan Schedule and consists of (i) a single parcel of real property, with respect to Non-Agency Non-QM Mortgage Loans or Non-Agency QM Mortgage Loans, or (ii) a single or contiguous parcel of real property with respect to Agency Mortgage Loans, in each case, with a detached single family residence erected thereon, or a two- to four-family dwelling, or any condominium unit, Co-op Unit or any planned unit development or a de minimis planned unit development; provided, however, that any condominium unit, Co-op Unit or planned unit development shall conform with the applicable Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac requirements regarding such dwellings or shall conform to underwriting guidelines acceptable to Buyers or Administrative Agent in their sole discretion and that no residence or dwelling is a mobile home. No portion of the Mortgaged Property is used for commercial purposes; provided, that, the Mortgaged Property may be a mixed use property if such Mortgaged Property conforms to underwriting guidelines acceptable to Buyers or Administrative Agent in their sole discretion.

(i) Valid First Lien. The Mortgage is a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected (a) with respect to each first lien Mortgage Loan, first priority lien and first priority security interest, in each case, on the real property included in the Mortgaged Property, including all buildings on the Mortgaged Property and all installations and mechanical, electrical, plumbing, heating and air conditioning systems located in or annexed to such buildings, and all additions, alterations and replacements made at any time with respect to the foregoing. The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to:

a. the lien of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable;

b. covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of the public record as of the date of recording acceptable to prudent mortgage lending institutions generally and specifically referred to in the related Buyer’s title insurance policy delivered to the originator of the Mortgage Loan and (a) referred to or otherwise considered in the appraisal made for the originator of the Mortgage Loan or (b) which do not adversely affect the Appraised Value of the Mortgaged Property set forth in such appraisal; and

c. other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage or the use, enjoyment, value or marketability of the related Mortgaged Property.

 

Schedule 1-3


Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to and delivered in connection with the Mortgage Loan establishes and creates with respect to each first lien mortgage loan, a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien and first priority security interest on the property described therein and Seller has full right to pledge and assign the same to Buyers or Administrative Agent. Other than with respect to another lien that confirms that such lien is subordinate to the lien of the Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was not, as of the date of origination of the Mortgage Loan, subject to a mortgage, deed of trust, deed to secure debt or other security instrument creating a lien on such Mortgaged Property.

(j) Validity of Mortgage Documents. The Mortgage Note and the Mortgage and any other agreement executed and delivered by a Mortgagor or guarantor, if applicable, in connection with a Mortgage Loan are genuine, and each is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the maker thereof enforceable in accordance with its terms. All parties to the Mortgage Note, the Mortgage and any other such related agreement had legal capacity to enter into the Mortgage Loan and to execute and deliver the Mortgage Note, the Mortgage and any such agreement, and the Mortgage Note, the Mortgage and any other such related agreement have been duly and properly executed by such related parties. No fraud, error, omission, misrepresentation, negligence or similar occurrence with respect to a Mortgage Loan has taken place on the part of any Person, including, without limitation, the Mortgagor, any appraiser, any builder or developer, or any other party involved in the origination of the Mortgage Loan. Seller has reviewed all of the documents constituting the Mortgage File and has made such inquiries as it deems necessary to make and confirm the accuracy of the representations set forth herein. To the best of Seller’s knowledge, except as disclosed to Administrative Agent in writing, all tax identifications and property descriptions are legally sufficient; and tax segregation, where required, has been completed.

(k) Full Disbursement of Proceeds. There is no further requirement for future advances under the Mortgage Loan, and any and all requirements as to completion of any on-site or off-site improvement and as to disbursements of any escrow funds therefor have been complied with. All costs, fees and expenses incurred in making or closing the Mortgage Loan and the recording of the Mortgage were paid, and the Mortgagor is not entitled to any refund of any amounts paid or due under the Mortgage Note or Mortgage.

(l) Ownership. Seller has full right to sell the Mortgage Loan to Buyers free and clear of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell each Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement and following the sale of each Mortgage Loan, Buyers will own such Mortgage Loan (and with respect to any Co-op Loan, the sole owner of the related Assignment of Proprietary Lease) free and clear of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest except any such security interest created pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

(m) Doing Business. All parties which have had any interest in the Mortgage Loan, whether as mortgagee, assignee, pledgee or otherwise, are (or, during the period in which they held and disposed of such interest, were) (i) in compliance with any and all applicable licensing requirements of the laws of the state wherein the Mortgaged Property is located, and (ii) either (A) organized under the laws of such state, (B) qualified to do business in such state, (C) a federal savings and loan association, a savings bank or a national bank having a principal office in such state, or (D) not doing business in such state.

 

Schedule 1-4


(n) Title Insurance. The Mortgage Loan is covered by either (i) an attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title, the form and substance of which is acceptable to prudent mortgage lending institutions making mortgage loans in the area wherein the Mortgaged Property is located or (ii) an ALTA lender’s title insurance policy or other generally acceptable form of policy or insurance acceptable to Buyers or Administrative Agent with respect to Non-Agency Non-QM Mortgage Loans and Non-Agency QM Mortgage Loans and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac with respect to Agency Mortgage Loans and each such title insurance policy is issued by a title insurer acceptable to Buyers or Administrative Agent with respect to Non-Agency Non-QM Mortgage Loans and Non-Agency QM Mortgage Loans and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac with respect to Agency Mortgage Loans and qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring Seller, its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage, as applicable, in the original principal amount of the Mortgage Loan, with respect to a Mortgage Loan, subject only to the exceptions contained in clauses (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph (i) of this Schedule 1, and in the case of adjustable rate Mortgage Loans, against any loss by reason of the invalidity or unenforceability of the lien resulting from the provisions of the Mortgage providing for adjustment to the Mortgage Interest Rate and Monthly Payment. Where required by state law or regulation, the Mortgagor has been given the opportunity to choose the carrier of the required mortgage title insurance. Additionally, such lender’s title insurance policy affirmatively insures ingress and egress and against encroachments by or upon the Mortgaged Property or any interest therein. The title policy does not contain any special exceptions (other than the standard exclusions) for zoning and uses and has been marked to delete the standard survey exception or to replace the standard survey exception with a specific survey reading. Seller, its successors and assigns, are the sole insureds of such lender’s title insurance policy, and such lender’s title insurance policy is valid and remains in full force and effect and will be in force and effect upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. No claims have been made under such lender’s title insurance policy, and no prior holder or servicer of the related Mortgage, including Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything which would impair the coverage of such lender’s title insurance policy, including without limitation, no unlawful fee, commission, kickback or other unlawful compensation or value of any kind has been or will be received, retained or realized by any attorney, firm or other Person, and no such unlawful items have been received, retained or realized by Seller.

(o) No Defaults. There is no default, breach, violation or event of acceleration existing under the Mortgage or the Mortgage Note and no event has occurred which, with the passage of time or with notice and the expiration of any grace or cure period, would constitute a default, breach, violation or event of acceleration, and neither Seller nor its predecessors have waived any default, breach, violation or event of acceleration; and with respect to each Co-op Loan, there is no default in complying with the terms of the Mortgage Note, the Assignment of Proprietary Lease and the Proprietary Lease and all maintenance charges and assessments (including assessments payable in the future installments, which previously became due and owing) have been paid, and Seller has the right under the terms of the Mortgage Note, Assignment of Proprietary Lease and Recognition Agreement to pay any maintenance charges or assessments owed by the Mortgagor.

 

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(p) No Mechanics’ Liens. There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the Mortgage.

(q) Location of Improvements; No Encroachments. All improvements which were considered in determining the Appraised Value of the Mortgaged Property lie wholly within the boundaries and building restriction lines of the Mortgaged Property, and no improvements on adjoining properties encroach upon the Mortgaged Property. No improvement located on or being part of the Mortgaged Property is in violation of any applicable zoning and building law, ordinance or regulation.

(r) Origination; Payment Terms. The Mortgage Loan was originated by or in conjunction with a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act, a savings and loan association, a savings bank, a commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or similar banking institution which is supervised and examined by a federal or state authority. Principal and/or interest payments on the Mortgage Loan commenced no more than 60 days after funds were disbursed in connection with the Mortgage Loan. With respect to adjustable rate Mortgage Loans, the Mortgage Interest Rate is adjusted on each Interest Rate Adjustment Date to equal the Index plus the Gross Margin (rounded up or down to the nearest .125%), subject to the Mortgage Interest Rate Cap. The Mortgage Note is payable on a monthly basis in equal monthly installments of principal and/or interest (subject to an “interest only” period in the case of Interest Only Loans), which installments of interest (a) with respect to adjustable rate Mortgage Loans are subject to change on the Interest Rate Adjustment Date due to adjustments to the Mortgage Interest Rate on each Interest Rate Adjustment Date and (b) with respect to Interest Only Loans are subject to change on the Interest Only Adjustment Date due to adjustments to the Mortgage Interest Rate on each Interest Only Adjustment Date, in both cases with interest calculated and payable in arrears, sufficient to amortize the Mortgage Loan fully by the stated maturity date, over an original term of not more than 30 years from commencement of amortization. The Due Date of the first payment under the Mortgage Note is no more than 60 days from the date of the Mortgage Note.

(s) Customary Provisions. The Mortgage Note has a stated maturity. The Mortgage contains customary and enforceable provisions such as to render the rights and remedies of the holder thereof adequate for the realization against the Mortgaged Property of the benefits of the security provided thereby, including, (i) in the case of a Mortgage designated as a deed of trust, by trustee’s sale, and (ii) otherwise by judicial foreclosure. Upon default by a Mortgagor on a Mortgage Loan and foreclosure on, or trustee’s sale of, the Mortgaged Property pursuant to the proper procedures, the holder of the Mortgage Loan will be able to deliver good and merchantable title to the Mortgaged Property. There is no homestead or other exemption or other right available to the Mortgagor or any other person, or restriction on the Seller or any other person, including without limitation, any federal, state or local, law, ordinance, decree, regulation, guidance, attorney general action, or other pronouncement, whether temporary or permanent in nature, that would interfere with, restrict or delay, either (y) the ability of the Seller, Administrative Agent, a Buyer or any servicer or any successor servicer to sell the related Mortgaged Property at a trustee’s sale or otherwise, or (z) the ability of the Seller, Administrative

 

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Agent, a Buyer or any servicer or any successor servicer to foreclose on the related Mortgage. The Mortgage Note and Mortgage are on forms acceptable to Administrative Agent with respect to Non-Agency Non-QM Mortgage Loans and Non-Agency QM Mortgage Loans and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac with respect to Agency Mortgage Loans.

(t) Occupancy of the Mortgaged Property. As of the date of origination of the Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property is lawfully occupied under applicable law. All inspections, licenses and certificates required to be made or issued with respect to all occupied portions of the Mortgaged Property and, with respect to the use and occupancy of the same, including but not limited to certificates of occupancy and fire underwriting certificates, have been made or obtained from the appropriate authorities. Seller has not received notification from any Governmental Authority that the Mortgaged Property is in material non-compliance with such laws or regulations, is being used, operated or occupied unlawfully or has failed to have or obtain such inspection, licenses or certificates, as the case may be. Seller has not received notice of any violation or failure to conform with any such law, ordinance, regulation, standard, license or certificate. With respect to any Mortgage Loan originated with an “owner-occupied” Mortgaged Property, the Mortgagor represented at the time of origination of the Mortgage Loan that the Mortgagor would occupy the Mortgaged Property as the Mortgagor’s primary residence.

(u) No Additional Collateral. The Mortgage Note is not and has not been secured by any collateral except the lien of the corresponding Mortgage and the security interest of any applicable security agreement or chattel mortgage referred to in clause (i) above.

(v) Deeds of Trust. In the event the Mortgage constitutes a deed of trust, a trustee, authorized and duly qualified under applicable law to serve as such, has been properly designated and currently so serves and is named in the Mortgage, and no fees or expenses are or will become payable by the Custodian, Buyers or Administrative Agent to the trustee under the deed of trust, except in connection with a trustee’s sale after default by the Mortgagor.

(w) Transfer of Mortgage Loans. Except with respect to Mortgage Loans intended for purchase by GNMA and for Mortgage Loans registered with MERS, the Assignment of Mortgage is in recordable form and is acceptable for recording under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the Mortgaged Property is located.

(x) Due-On-Sale. Except with respect to Mortgage Loans intended for purchase by GNMA, the Mortgage contains an enforceable provision for the acceleration of the payment of the unpaid principal balance of the Mortgage Loan in the event that the Mortgaged Property is sold or transferred without the prior written consent of the mortgagee thereunder.

(y) No Buydown Provisions; No Graduated Payments or Contingent Interests. Except with respect to (i) Agency Mortgage Loans, (ii) Non-Agency Non-QM Mortgage Loans and (iii) as approved by Administrative Agent in its sole discretion, the Mortgage Loan does not contain provisions pursuant to which Monthly Payments are paid or partially paid with funds deposited in any separate account established by Seller, the Mortgagor, or anyone on behalf of the Mortgagor, or paid by any source other than the Mortgagor nor does it contain any other similar provisions which may constitute a “buydown” provision. The Mortgage Loan is not a graduated payment mortgage loan and the Mortgage Loan does not have a shared appreciation or other contingent interest feature.

 

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(z) Consolidation of Future Advances. Any future advances made to the Mortgagor prior to the Purchase Date have been consolidated with the outstanding principal amount secured by the Mortgage, and the secured principal amount, as consolidated, bears a single interest rate and single repayment term. The lien of the Mortgage securing the consolidated principal amount is expressly insured as having first lien priority by a title insurance policy, an endorsement to the policy insuring the mortgagee’s consolidated interest or by other title evidence acceptable to Buyers or Administrative Agent with respect to Non-Agency Non-QM Mortgage Loans and Non-Agency QM Mortgage Loans and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac with respect to Agency Mortgage Loans. The consolidated principal amount does not exceed the original principal amount of the Mortgage Loan.

(aa) No Condemnation Proceeding. There have not been any condemnation proceedings with respect to the Mortgaged Property and Seller has no knowledge of any such proceedings.

(bb) Collection Practices; Escrow Deposits; Interest Rate Adjustments. The origination and collection practices used by the originator, each servicer of the Mortgage Loan and Seller with respect to the Mortgage Loan have been in all respects in compliance with Accepted Servicing Practices, applicable laws and regulations, and have been in all respects legal and proper. With respect to escrow deposits and Escrow Payments, all such payments are in the possession of, or under the control of, the Servicer, on behalf of Seller, and there exist no deficiencies in connection therewith for which customary arrangements for repayment thereof have not been made. All Escrow Payments have been collected in full compliance with state and federal law. If the Mortgagor has elected to have an escrow for certain property charges, then such escrow of funds is not prohibited by applicable law and has been established in an amount sufficient to pay for every item that remains unpaid and has been assessed but is not yet due and payable. No escrow deposits or Escrow Payments or other charges or payments due Seller have been capitalized under the Mortgage or the Mortgage Note. All Mortgage Interest Rate adjustments have been made in strict compliance with state and federal law and the terms of the related Mortgage Note. Any interest required to be paid pursuant to state, federal and local law has been properly paid and credited.

(cc) Conversion to Fixed Interest Rate. Except as allowed by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac or otherwise as expressly approved in writing by Buyers or Administrative Agent, with respect to adjustable rate Mortgage Loans, the Mortgage Loan is not convertible to a fixed interest rate Mortgage Loan.

(dd) Other Insurance Policies. No action has been taken or failed to be taken, no event has occurred and no state of facts exists or has existed on or prior to the Purchase Date (whether or not known to Seller on or prior to such date) which has resulted or will result in an exclusion from, denial of, or defense to coverage under any private mortgage insurance (including, without limitation, any exclusions, denials or defenses which would limit or reduce the availability of the timely payment of the full amount of the loss otherwise due thereunder to the insured) whether arising out of actions, representations, errors, omissions, negligence, or

 

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fraud of Seller, the related Mortgagor or any party involved in the application for such coverage, including the appraisal, plans and specifications and other exhibits or documents submitted therewith to the insurer under such insurance policy, or for any other reason under such coverage, but not including the failure of such insurer to pay by reason of such insurer’s breach of such insurance policy or such insurer’s financial inability to pay. In connection with the placement of any such insurance, no commission, fee, or other compensation has been or will be received by Seller or by any officer, director, or employee of Seller or any designee of Seller or any corporation in which Seller or any officer, director, or employee had a financial interest at the time of placement of such insurance.

(ee) Servicemembers Civil Relief Act. The Mortgagor has not notified Seller, and Seller has no knowledge, of any relief requested or allowed to the Mortgagor under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act of 2003.

(ff) Appraisal. Except with respect to streamlined FHA Loans and VA Loans originated in accordance with the Underwriting Guidelines or except in the case where a property inspection has been delivered for the related Mortgaged Property in accordance with the Underwriting Guidelines, the Mortgage File contains an appraisal of the related Mortgaged Property signed prior to the funding of the Mortgage Loan by a qualified appraiser, duly appointed by Seller, who had no interest, direct or indirect in the Mortgaged Property or in any loan made on the security thereof, and whose compensation is not affected by the approval or disapproval of the Mortgage Loan, and the appraisal and appraiser both satisfy the requirements of Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac and Title XI of the Federal Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 as amended and the regulations promulgated thereunder, all as in effect on the date the Mortgage Loan was originated.

(gg) Disclosure Materials. The Mortgagor has executed a statement to the effect that the Mortgagor has received all disclosure materials required by applicable law with respect to the making of adjustable rate mortgage loans, and Seller maintains such statement in the Mortgage File.

(hh) Construction or Rehabilitation of Mortgaged Property. Other than with respect to a HUD 203k rehabilitation Mortgage Loan or a HUD 203h disaster Mortgage Loan, no Mortgage Loan was made in connection with the construction or rehabilitation of a Mortgaged Property or facilitating the trade-in or exchange of a Mortgaged Property.

(ii) Capitalization of Interest. The Mortgage Note does not by its terms provide for the capitalization or forbearance of interest.

(jj) No Equity Participation. No document relating to the Mortgage Loan provides for any contingent or additional interest in the form of participation in the cash flow of the Mortgaged Property or a sharing in the appreciation of the value of the Mortgaged Property. The indebtedness evidenced by the Mortgage Note is not convertible to an ownership interest in the Mortgaged Property or the Mortgagor and Seller has not financed nor does it own directly or indirectly, any equity of any form in the Mortgaged Property or the Mortgagor.

 

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(kk) Proceeds of Mortgage Loan. The proceeds of the Mortgage Loan have not been and shall not be used to satisfy, in whole or in part, any debt owed or owing by the Mortgagor to Seller or any Affiliate or correspondent of Seller, except in connection with a refinanced Mortgage Loan; provided, however, that other than with respect to FHA Loans and VA Loans originated in accordance with their respective guidelines, no such refinanced Mortgage Loan shall have been originated pursuant to a streamlined mortgage loan refinancing program.

(ll) Origination Date. The Purchase Date is no more than (i) with respect to Purchased Mortgage Loans other than Correspondent Loans or Scratch and Dent Mortgage Loans, [***] following the origination date and (ii) with respect to Purchased Mortgage Loans that are Correspondent Loans, [***] following the origination date.

(mm) No Exception. The Custodian has not noted any material exceptions on a Custodial Mortgage Loan Schedule with respect to the Mortgage Loan which would materially adversely affect the Mortgage Loan or Administrative Agent’s or Buyers’ interest in the Mortgage Loan.

(nn) Mortgage Submitted for Recordation. The Mortgage either has been or will promptly be submitted for recordation in the appropriate governmental recording office of the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located.

(oo) Documents Genuine. Such Purchased Mortgage Loan and all accompanying collateral documents are complete and authentic and all signatures thereon are genuine. Such Purchased Mortgage Loan is a “closed” loan fully funded by Seller and held in Seller’s name.

(pp) Bona Fide Loan. Such Purchased Mortgage Loan arose from a bona fide loan to persons having legal capacity to contract.

(qq) Description. Each Purchased Mortgage Loan conforms to the description thereof as set forth on the related Custodial Mortgage Loan Schedule delivered to the Custodian and Administrative Agent.

(rr) Underwriting Guidelines. Each Purchased Mortgage Loan has been originated in accordance with the Underwriting Guidelines (including all supplements or amendments thereto) previously provided to Administrative Agent.

(ss) Aging. Such Purchased Mortgage Loan has not been subject to a Transaction hereunder for more than the applicable Aging Limit.

(tt) Committed Mortgage Loans. Each Committed Mortgage Loan is covered by a Take-out Commitment, does not exceed the availability under such Take-out Commitment (taking into consideration mortgage loans which have been purchased by the respective Take-out Investor under the Take-out Commitment and mortgage loan which Seller has identified to Administrative Agent as covered by such Take-out Commitment) and conforms to the requirements and the specifications set forth in such Take-out Commitment and the related

 

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regulations, rules, requirements and/or handbooks of the applicable Take-out Investor and is eligible for sale to and insurance or guaranty by, respectively the applicable Take-out Investor and any applicable insurer. Each Take-out Commitment is a legal, valid and binding obligation of Seller enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject, as to enforceability, to general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law).

(uu) Primary Mortgage Guaranty Insurance. Each Mortgage Loan is insured as to payment defaults by a policy of primary mortgage guaranty insurance in the amount required where applicable, and by an insurer approved, by the applicable Take-out Investor, if applicable, and all provisions of such primary mortgage guaranty insurance have been and are being complied with, such policy is in full force and effect, and all premiums due thereunder have been paid. Each Mortgage Loan which is represented to Administrative Agent to have, or to be eligible for, FHA insurance is insured, or eligible to be insured, pursuant to the National Housing Act. Each Mortgage Loan which is represented by Seller to be guaranteed, or to be eligible for guaranty, by the VA is guaranteed, or eligible to be guaranteed, under the provisions of Chapter 37 of Title 38 of the United States Code. As to each FHA insurance certificate or each VA guaranty certificate, Seller has complied with applicable provisions of the insurance for guaranty contract and federal statutes and regulations, all premiums or other charges due in connection with such insurance or guarantee have been paid, there has been no act or omission which would or may invalidate any such insurance or guaranty, and the insurance or guaranty is, or when issued, will be, in full force and effect with respect to each Mortgage Loan. There are no defenses, counterclaims, or rights of setoff affecting the Mortgage Loans or affecting the validity or enforceability of any private mortgage insurance or FHA insurance applicable to the Mortgage Loans or any VA guaranty with respect to the Mortgage Loans.

(vv) Predatory Lending Regulations; High Cost Loans. None of the Mortgage Loans are classified as High Cost Mortgage Loans.

(ww) Wet-Ink Mortgage Loans. With respect to each Mortgage Loan that is a Wet-Ink Mortgage Loan, the Settlement Agent has been instructed in writing by Seller to hold the related Mortgage Loan Documents as agent and bailee for Buyers or Administrative Agent or Buyers’ or Administrative Agent’s agent and to promptly forward such Mortgage Loan Documents in accordance with the provisions of the Custodial Agreement and the Escrow Instruction Letter.

(xx) FHA Mortgage Insurance; VA Loan Guaranty. With respect to the FHA Loans, the FHA Mortgage Insurance Contract is in full force and effect and there exists no impairment to full recovery without indemnity to the Department of Housing and Urban Development or the FHA under FHA Mortgage Insurance. With respect to the VA Loans, the VA Loan Guaranty Agreement is in full force and effect to the maximum extent stated therein. All necessary steps have been taken to keep such guaranty or insurance valid, binding and enforceable and each of such is the binding, valid and enforceable obligation of the FHA and the VA, respectively, to the full extent thereof, without surcharge, set-off or defense. Each FHA Loan and VA Loan was originated in accordance with the criteria of an Agency for purchase of such Mortgage Loans.

 

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(yy) Mortgage Loan Schedule. The information set forth in the related Mortgage Loan Schedule and all other information or data furnished with respect to each Purchased Mortgage Loan by, or on behalf of, Seller to Administrative Agent is complete, true and correct in all material respects.

(zz) Qualified Mortgage. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, on and after January 10, 2014 (or such later date as set forth in the relevant regulations), (i) prior to the origination of each Mortgage Loan, the originator made a reasonable and good faith determination that the Mortgagor had a reasonable ability to repay the loan according to its terms, in accordance with, at a minimum, the eight underwriting factors set forth in 12 CFR 1026.43(c) and (ii) except with respect to Non-Agency Non-QM Mortgage Loans or as otherwise approved in writing by Buyers or Administrative Agent in their sole discretion, each Mortgage Loan is a Qualified Mortgage Loan.

(aaa) No Interest Only Loans. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in the Agreement, no Purchased Mortgage Loan (other than a Non-Agency Non-QM Mortgage Loan) is an Interest Only Loan.

(bbb) Co-op Loan: Valid First Lien. With respect to each Co-op Loan, the related Mortgage is a valid, enforceable and subsisting first security interest on the related cooperative shares securing the related cooperative note and lease, subject only to (a) liens of the cooperative for unpaid assessments representing the Mortgagor’s pro rata share of the cooperative’s payments for its blanket mortgage, current and future real property taxes, insurance premiums, maintenance fees and other assessments to which like collateral is commonly subject and (b) other matters to which like collateral is commonly subject which do not materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the security interest. There are no liens against or security interests in the cooperative shares relating to each Co-op Loan (except for unpaid maintenance, assessments and other amounts owed to the related cooperative which individually or in the aggregate will not have a material adverse effect on such Co-op Loan), which have priority equal to or over Seller’s security interest in such Co-op Shares.

(ccc) Co-op Loan: Compliance with Law. With respect to each Co-op Loan, the related cooperative corporation that owns title to the related cooperative apartment building is a “cooperative housing corporation” within the meaning of Section 216 of the Internal Revenue Code, and is in material compliance with applicable federal, state and local laws which, if not complied with, could have a material adverse effect on the Mortgaged Property.

(ddd) Co-op Loan: No Pledge. With respect to each Co-op Loan, there is no prohibition against pledging the shares of the cooperative corporation or assigning the Proprietary Lease. With respect to each Co-op Loan, (i) the term of the related Proprietary Lease is longer than the term of the Co-op Loan, (ii) there is no provision in any Proprietary Lease which requires the Mortgagor to offer for sale the Co-op Shares owned by such Mortgagor first to the Co-op Corporation, (iii) there is no prohibition in any Proprietary Lease against pledging the Co-op Shares or assigning the Proprietary Lease and (iv) the Recognition Agreement is on a form of agreement published by Aztech Document Systems, Inc., Blumberg Excelsior Inc. or the Edmund J. Flynn Company, as of the date hereof or includes provisions which are no less favorable to the lender than those contained in such agreement.

 

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(eee) Co-op Loan: Acceleration of Payment. With respect to each Co-op Loan, each Assignment of Proprietary Lease contains enforceable provisions such as to render the rights and remedies of the holder thereof adequate for the realization of the material benefits of the security provided thereby. The Assignment of Proprietary Lease contains an enforceable provision for the acceleration of the payment of the unpaid principal balance of the Mortgage Note in the event the Co-op Unit is transferred or sold without the consent of the holder thereof.

(fff) TRID Compliance. With respect to each Mortgage Loan where the Mortgagor’s loan application for the Mortgage Loan was taken on or after October 3, 2015, such Mortgage Loan was originated in compliance with the TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure Rule.

 

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SCHEDULE 2

AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVES

 

SELLER NOTICES      
Name:    General Counsel    Address:    3701 Regent Boulevard
Telephone:    (214) 874-4106       Irving, Texas 75063
Facsimile:    (214) 874-4199      
SELLER AUTHORIZATIONS      

Any of the persons whose signatures and titles appear below are authorized, acting singly, to act for Seller under this Agreement:

 

Name

  

Title

  

Signature

Sanjiv Das    Chief Executive Officer   

/s/ Sanjiv Das

William Dellal    Chief Financial Officer   

/s/ William Dellal

Sheila Mayes    Senior Vice President and Treasurer   

/s/ Sheila Mayes

Glenn Minkoff    Senior Vice President   

/s/ Glenn Minkoff

Vasif Imtiazi    Senior Vice President   

/s/ Vasif Imtiazi

 

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ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND BUYER AUTHORIZATIONS

Any of the persons whose signatures and titles appear below, including any other authorized officers, are authorized, acting singly, to act for Administrative Agent and/or Buyers under this Agreement:

 

Name

  

Title

  

Signature

Margaret Dellafera    Vice President   

/s/ Margaret Dellafera

Elie Chau    Vice President   

/s/ Elie Chau

Deirdre Harrington    Vice President   

/s/ Deirdre Harrington

Robert Durden    Vice President   

/s/ Robert Durden

Ronald Tarantino    Vice President   

/s/ Ronald Tarantino

Michael Marra    Vice President   

/s/ Michael Marra


SCHEDULE 3

OTHER NAMES USED BY SELLER

 

1.

Caliber Home Loans (limited jurisdictions)

 

2.

Vericrest Financial, Inc.

 

3.

Vericrest Financial (limited jurisdictions)

 

4.

Cobalt Home Loans (limited jurisdictions)

 

5.

C.I.T. Educational Buildings, Inc.

 

6.

C.I.T. Buildings Corporation

 

7.

C.I.T. Financial Services Corporation (limited jurisdictions)

 

8.

The CIT Group/Sales Financing, Inc.

 

9.

Caliber Funding LLC

 

10.

Caliber National LLC

 

11.

LSF5 Mortgage Operations, LLC

 

 

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EXHIBIT A

RESERVED

 

A-1


EXHIBIT B

RESERVED

 

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EXHIBIT C

MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE

MORTGAGE LOAN CHARACTERISTICS

 

1.

Customer Name

 

2.

Collateral Number

 

3.

Primary Borrower Last Name

 

4.

Primary Borrower First Name

 

5.

Co-Borrower Last Name *

6.

Co-Borrower First Name *

 

7.

Property Address

 

8.

City

 

9.

State

 

10.

Zip Code

 

11.

County

 

12.

SS Number

 

13.

SS # Co-borrower *

 

14.

Product Type/Code

 

15.

Loan Amount

 

16.

Original monthly principal and interest

 

17.

Original interest rate

 

18.

Original date of Mortgage Note

 

19.

Closing Date

 

20.

First Payment Date

 

21.

Maturity Date

 

22.

Loan Type (adjustable, fixed, etc)

 

23.

Purchase Date

 

24.

Funding Method Code (wire disbursement, etc.)

 

25.

Closing Agent

 

26.

Address

 

27.

City

 

28.

State

 

29.

Zip Code

 

30.

Account Number

 

31.

ABA Number

 

32.

Closing Schedule

 

33.

Instructions

 

34.

Name of Bank

 

35.

Address of Bank

 

36.

City of Bank

 

37.

State of Bank

 

38.

Zip of Bank

 

39.

Other Account Bank *

40.

Further Instructions *

 

 

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41.

Investor *

42.

Investor Commitment Number *

43.

Price *

44.

Commitment Date *

45.

Commitment Expiration Date *

 

46.

Property Type

 

47.

Lien Position

 

48.

LTV

 

49.

CLTV

 

50.

FICO

 

51.

Amortization Term

 

52.

Purpose

 

53.

No. of Units

 

54.

Original Appraised Value

 

55.

Name of appraiser

 

56.

Certificate Number for each loan with primary mortgage insurance*

57.

Margin*

58.

Life floor*

59.

Index type*

60.

Initial rate floor*

61.

Periodic rate cap*

62.

Life cap*

63.

First interest rate adjustment date*

 

*

If applicable.

 

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EXHIBIT D

RESERVED

 

D-1


EXHIBIT E

FORM OF AMENDED AND RESTATED POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that Caliber Home Loans, Inc. (“Seller”) hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Capital LLC (“Administrative Agent”) and any officer or agent thereof, with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full irrevocable power and authority in the place and stead of Seller and in the name of Seller or in its own name, from time to time in Administrative Agent’s discretion:

(a) in the name of Seller, or in its own name, or otherwise, to take possession of and endorse and collect any checks, drafts, notes, acceptances or other instruments for the payment of moneys due with respect to any assets purchased by Administrative Agent on behalf of certain Buyers under the Second Amended and Restated Master Repurchase Agreement (as amended, restated or modified) dated August 26, 2016 (the “Assets”) and to file any claim or to take any other action or proceeding in any court of law or equity or otherwise deemed appropriate by Administrative Agent for the purpose of collecting any and all such moneys due with respect to any other assets whenever payable;

(b) to pay or discharge taxes and liens levied or placed on or threatened against the Assets;

(c) (i) to direct any party liable for any payment under any Assets to make payment of any and all moneys due or to become due thereunder directly to Administrative Agent or as Administrative Agent shall direct; (ii) to ask or demand for, collect, receive payment of and receipt for, any and all moneys, claims and other amounts due or to become due at any time in respect of or arising out of any Assets; (iii) to sign and endorse any invoices, assignments, verifications, notices and other documents in connection with any Assets; (iv) to commence and prosecute any suits, actions or proceedings at law or in equity in any court of competent jurisdiction to collect the Assets or any proceeds thereof and to enforce any other right in respect of any Assets; (v) to defend any suit, action or proceeding brought against Seller with respect to any Assets; (vi) to settle, compromise or adjust any suit, action or proceeding described in clause (v) above and, in connection therewith, to give such discharges or releases as Administrative Agent may deem appropriate; and (vii) generally, to sell, transfer, pledge and make any agreement with respect to or otherwise deal with any Assets as fully and completely as though Administrative Agent were the absolute owner thereof for all purposes, and to do, at Administrative Agent’s option and Seller’s expense, at any time, and from time to time, all acts and things which Administrative Agent deems necessary to protect, preserve or realize upon the Assets and Administrative Agent’s Liens thereon and to effect the intent of this Agreement, all as fully and effectively as Seller might do;

 

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(d) for the purpose of carrying out the transfer of servicing with respect to the Assets from Seller to a successor servicer appointed by Buyers or Administrative Agent in their sole discretion and to take any and all appropriate action and to execute any and all documents and instruments which may be necessary or desirable to accomplish such transfer of servicing, and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Seller hereby gives Administrative Agent the power and right, on behalf of Seller, without assent by Seller, to, in the name of Seller or its own name, or otherwise, prepare and send or cause to be sent “good-bye” letters to all mortgagors under the Assets, transferring the servicing of the Assets to a successor servicer appointed by Buyers or Administrative Agent in their sole discretion;

(e) for the purpose of delivering any notices of sale to mortgagors or other third parties, including without limitation, those required by law.

Seller hereby ratifies all that said attorneys shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney is a power coupled with an interest and shall be irrevocable.

Seller also authorizes Administrative Agent, from time to time, to execute, in connection with any sale, any endorsements, assignments or other instruments of conveyance or transfer with respect to the Assets.

The powers conferred on Administrative Agent hereunder are solely to protect Buyers’ and Administrative Agent’s interests in the Assets and shall not impose any duty upon it to exercise any such powers. Administrative Agent shall be accountable only for amounts that it actually receives as a result of the exercise of such powers, and neither it nor any of its officers, directors, employees or agents shall be responsible to Seller for any act or failure to act hereunder, except for its or their own gross negligence or willful misconduct.

TO INDUCE ANY THIRD PARTY TO ACT HEREUNDER, SELLER HEREBY AGREES THAT ANY THIRD PARTY RECEIVING A DULY EXECUTED COPY OR FACSIMILE OF THIS INSTRUMENT MAY ACT HEREUNDER, AND THAT REVOCATION OR TERMINATION HEREOF SHALL BE INEFFECTIVE AS TO SUCH THIRD PARTY UNLESS AND UNTIL ACTUAL NOTICE OR KNOWLEDGE OF SUCH REVOCATION OR TERMINATION SHALL HAVE BEEN RECEIVED BY SUCH THIRD PARTY, AND ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT ON ITS OWN BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT’S ASSIGNS, HEREBY AGREES TO INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS ANY SUCH THIRD PARTY FROM AND AGAINST ANY AND ALL CLAIMS THAT MAY ARISE AGAINST SUCH THIRD PARTY BY REASON OF SUCH THIRD PARTY HAVING RELIED ON THE PROVISIONS OF THIS INSTRUMENT.

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Signature Page to Power of Attorney


IN WITNESS WHEREOF Seller has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed and Seller’s seal to be affixed this ___ day of ________, 201_.

 

Caliber Home Loans, Inc.
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

 

 

Signature Page to Power of Attorney


STATE OF              )

                                  )         ss.:

COUNTY OF          )

On the _____ day of ___________, 201_ before me, a Notary Public in and for said State, personally appeared __________________________________, known to me to be __________________________________ of Caliber Home Loans, Inc., the institution that executed the within instrument and also known to me to be the person who executed it on behalf of said corporation, and acknowledged to me that such corporation executed the within instrument.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand affixed my office seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.

_____________________________

Notary Public

My Commission expires _______________________________

 

 

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EXHIBIT F

RESERVED

 

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EXHIBIT G

UNDERWRITING GUIDELINES

 

 

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EXHIBIT H

Certificate of an Officer of the Seller

The undersigned, ____________ of Caliber Home Loans, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Seller”), hereby certifies as follows:

1. Attached hereto as Exhibit A is a copy of the formation documents of the Seller, as certified by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.

2. Neither any amendment to the formation documents of the Seller nor any other charter document with respect to the Seller has been filed, recorded or executed since _______ __, 201_, and no authorization for the filing, recording or execution of any such amendment or other charter document is outstanding.

3. Attached hereto as Exhibit B is a true, correct and complete copy of the By-laws of the Seller as in effect as of the date hereof and at all times since ________, 201_.

4. Attached hereto as Exhibit C is a true, correct and complete copy of resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Seller by unanimous written consent on July 31, 2013 (the “Resolutions”). The Resolutions have not been further amended, modified or rescinded and are in full force and effect in the form adopted, and they are the only resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Seller or by any committee of or designated by such Board of Directors relating to the execution and delivery of, and performance of the transactions contemplated by the Second Amended and Restated Master Repurchase Agreement dated as of August 26, 2016 (the “Repurchase Agreement”), among the Seller, Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Capital LLC (“Administrative Agent”), Credit Suisse AG, a company incorporated in Switzerland, acting through its Cayman Islands Branch (“CS Cayman” and a “Buyer”), Alpine Securitization LTD (“Alpine” and a “Buyer”) and other Buyers joined thereto from time to time and the Second Amended and Restated Custodial Agreement dated as of August 26, 2016, among the Seller, the Administrative Agent and Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as custodian (the “Custodian”).

5. The Repurchase Agreement and the other Program Agreements are substantially in the form approved by the Resolutions or pursuant to authority duly granted by the Resolutions.

6. The undersigned, as a officers of the Seller or as attorney-in-fact, are authorized to and have signed manually the Repurchase Agreement, other Program Agreements or any other document delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated thereby, were duly elected or appointed, were qualified and acting as such officer or attorney-in-fact at the respective times of the signing and delivery thereof, and were duly authorized to sign such document on behalf of the Seller, and the signature of each such person appearing on any such document is the genuine signature of each such person.

 

Name

  

Title

  

Signature

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto executed this Certificate as of the _____ day of ____________, 201_.

 

Caliber Home Loans, Inc., as Seller
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

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EXHIBIT I

SELLER’S TAX IDENTIFICATION NUMBER

13 – 6131491

 

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EXHIBIT J

EXISTING INDEBTEDNESS

 

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EXHIBIT K

FORM OF ESCROW INSTRUCTION LETTER TO BE PROVIDED BY SELLER

BEFORE CLOSING

The escrow instruction letter (the “Escrow Instruction Letter”) shall also include the following instruction to the Settlement Agent (the “Escrow Agent”):

Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Capital LLC (the “Administrative Agent”), has agreed to provide funds (“Escrow Funds”) to Caliber Home Loans, Inc. to finance certain mortgage loans (the “Mortgage Loans”) for which you are acting as Escrow Agent.

You hereby agree that (a) you shall receive such Escrow Funds from Administrative Agent to be disbursed in connection with this Escrow Instruction Letter, (b) you will hold such Escrow Funds in trust, without deduction, set-off or counterclaim for the sole and exclusive benefit of Administrative Agent until such Escrow Funds are fully disbursed on behalf of Administrative Agent in accordance with the instructions set forth herein, and (c) you will disburse such Escrow Funds on the date specified for closing (the “Closing Date”) only after you have followed the Escrow Instruction Letter’s requirements with respect to the Mortgage Loans. In the event that the Escrow Funds cannot be disbursed on the Closing Date in accordance with the Escrow Instruction Letter, you agree to promptly remit the Escrow Funds to the Administrative Agent by re-routing via wire transfer the Escrow Funds in immediately available funds, without deduction, set-off or counterclaim, back to the account specified in Administrative Agent’s incoming wire transfer.

You further agree that, upon disbursement of the Escrow Funds, you will hold all Mortgage Loan Documents specified in the Escrow Instruction Letter in escrow as agent and bailee for Administrative Agent, and will forward the Mortgage Loan Documents and original Escrow Instruction Letter in connection with such Mortgage Loans by overnight courier to the Custodian within five (5) Business Days following the date of origination.

You agree that all fees, charges and expenses regarding your services to be performed pursuant to the Escrow Instruction Letter are to be paid by Seller or its borrowers, and Administrative Agent shall have no liability with respect thereto.

You represent, warrant and covenant that you are not an affiliate of or otherwise controlled by Seller, and that you are acting as an independent contractor and not as an agent of Seller.

The provisions of this Escrow Instruction Letter may not be modified, amended or altered, except by written instrument, executed by the parties hereto and Administrative Agent. You understand that Administrative Agent shall act in reliance upon the provisions set forth in this Escrow Instruction Letter, and that Administrative Agent is an intended third party beneficiary hereof.

 

 

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Whether or not an Escrow Instruction Letter executed by you is received by the Custodian, your acceptance of the Escrow Funds shall be deemed to constitute your acceptance of the Escrow Instruction Letter.

 

 

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EXHIBIT L

FORM OF SERVICER NOTICE

[DATE]

[_____________], as Servicer

[ADDRESS]

Attention: ______________

 

  Re:

Second Amended and Restated Master Repurchase Agreement, dated as of August 26, 2016 (the “Repurchase Agreement”), by and among Caliber Home Loans, Inc. (the “Seller”), Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Capital LLC (the “Administrative Agent”), Credit Suisse AG, a company incorporated in Switzerland, acting through its Cayman Islands Branch (“CS Cayman”) and Alpine Securitization LTD (“Alpine”).

Ladies and Gentlemen:

[___________________] (the “Servicer”) is servicing certain mortgage loans for Seller pursuant to that certain Servicing Agreement between the Servicer and Seller. Pursuant to the Repurchase Agreement among Administrative Agent, CS Cayman, Alpine and Seller, the Servicer is hereby notified that Seller has pledged to Administrative Agent on behalf of Buyers certain mortgage loans which are serviced by Servicer which are subject to a security interest in favor of Administrative Agent.

Upon receipt of a Notice of Event of Default from Administrative Agent (“Notice of Event of Default”) in which Administrative Agent shall identify the mortgage loans which are then pledged to Administrative Agent under the Repurchase Agreement (the “Mortgage Loans”), the Servicer shall segregate all amounts collected on account of such Mortgage Loans, hold them in trust for the sole and exclusive benefit of Administrative Agent, and remit such collections in accordance with Administrative Agent’s written instructions. Following such Notice of Event of Default, Servicer shall follow the instructions of Administrative Agent with respect to the Mortgage Loans, and shall deliver to Administrative Agent any information with respect to the Mortgage Loans reasonably requested by Administrative Agent.

Notwithstanding any contrary information which may be delivered to the Servicer by Seller, the Servicer may conclusively rely on any information or Notice of Event of Default delivered by Administrative Agent, and Seller shall indemnify and hold the Servicer harmless for any and all claims asserted against it for any actions taken in good faith by the Servicer in connection with the delivery of such information or Notice of Event of Default.

 

 

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Please acknowledge receipt of this instruction letter by signing in the signature block below and forwarding an executed copy to Administrative Agent promptly upon receipt. Any notices to Administrative Agent should be delivered to the following addresses: Eleven Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10010; Attention: Margaret Dellafera; Telephone: 212 ###-###-####.

Any fees due to the Servicer shall be paid by Seller; provided, that any fees incurred by Servicer following receipt of a Notice of Event of Default shall be paid by Administrative Agent.

Each provision and notice herein shall be treated as separate and independent from any other provision or notice herein and shall be enforceable notwithstanding the unenforceability of any such other provision or notice.

THIS SERVICER NOTICE SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.

 

Very truly yours,

Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Capital LLC,

 

as Administrative Agent

By:  

     

Name:
Title:
ACKNOWLEDGED:

[____________________]

            as Servicer

By:  

     

Title:
Telephone:
Facsimile:
ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED:

 

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CALIBER HOME LOANS, INC.,

    as Seller

    By:  

 

    Name:  
    Title:  

 

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