FIRSTAMENDMENT TO semt series 2013-7 AMENDED AND RESTATED POOLINGAND SERVICING AGREEMENT
Exhibit 4.1
FIRST AMENDMENT TO semt series 2013-7 AMENDED AND RESTATED
POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
This FIRST AMENDMENT, dated as of March 25, 2015 (this "Amendment"), to that certain Amended and Restated Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of January 1, 2014 (the "Agreement") is entered into by SEQUOIA RESIDENTIAL FUNDING, INC., as depositor (the "Depositor"), WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., as master servicer (the "Master Servicer"), CITIBANK, N.A., as securities administrator (the "Securities Administrator"), and WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as trustee (the "Trustee"), with respect to the Sequoia Mortgage Trust 2013-7 Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2013-7.
WHEREAS, the Class B-1 and Class B-2 Certificates were previously offered to the public but purchased in their entirety at the initial closing by RWT Holdings, Inc., an affiliate of the Depositor (the “Seller”);
WHEREAS, as of the date hereof the Seller owns all of the outstanding Class B-1 and Class B-2 Certificates;
WHEREAS, the Seller wishes to sell the Class B-1 and Class B-2 Certificates in a private placement exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended;
WHEREAS, Section 11.03(b) of the Agreement authorizes the amendment of the Agreement by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator and the Trustee with the consent of Holders of not less than 66-2/3% of the Class Principal Amount of each Class of Certificates affected thereby; and
WHEREAS, in connection with this Amendment, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator and the Trustee shall receive (i) a Tax Opinion pursuant to Section 11.03(b) of the Agreement and (ii) an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of this Amendment is permitted pursuant to Section 11.03(f) of the Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:
Section 1. Definitions. All capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Agreement.
Section 2. Amendments. As of the date of this Amendment, the Agreement shall be amended as follows:
(a) The definition of “Restricted Certificate” shall be amended to read in its entirety as follows: “Restricted Certificate: Any Class B-1, Class B-2, Class B-4, Class B-5, Class R or Class LT-R Certificate.”
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(b) The definition of “ERISA- Restricted Certificate” shall be amended to read in its entirety as follows: “ERISA-Restricted Certificate: The Class A-IO2 and Class B-3 Certificates that have not been the subject of an ERISA-Qualifying Underwriting, the Class B-4, Class B-5, Class R and Class LT-R Certificates and any Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-IO1, Class B-1 or Class B-2 Certificate (or Class A-IO2 or Class B-3 Certificate that has been underwritten) that does not satisfy the applicable rating requirement under the Underwriter’s Exemption.
(c) The form of the Class B-1 and Class B-2 Certificates included in Exhibit A to the Agreement shall be replaced with Exhibit A hereto.
Section 3. Reference to and Effect in the Agreement. As of the date of this Amendment, all references in the Agreement to itself shall be deemed to refer to the Agreement as amended and supplemented by this Amendment. Except as otherwise specified in this Amendment, the Agreement shall remain in all respects unchanged and in full force and effect.
Section 4. Execution in Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered, whether in physical or electronic form, shall constitute an original, and all of which together shall constitute but one and the same instrument.
Section 5. Governing Law. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PROVISIONS (OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW), AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
Section 6. Opinion Letters. The opinion required under Section 11.03(b) and Section 11.03(f) of the Agreement in connection with this Amendment has been delivered to each of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator and the Trustee.
SECTION 7. None of the Trustee, the Securities Administrator or the Master Servicer makes any representations or warranties as to the correctness of the recitals contained herein, which shall be taken as statements of the Depositor, or the validity or sufficiency of this Amendment and none of them shall be accountable or responsible for or with respect to nor shall any of them have any responsibility for provisions thereof. In entering into this Amendment, the Trustee, the Securities Administrator and the Master Servicer shall be entitled to the benefit of every provision of the Agreement relating to the conduct of or affecting the liability of or affording protection to such party.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed by their respective duly authorized officers, as of the date first above written.
| SEQUOIA RESIDENTIAL FUNDING, INC., | |||
| as Depositor | |||
| By: | /s/ Matthew J. Tomiak | ||
| Name: | Matthew J. Tomiak | ||
| Title: | Authorized Officer | ||
| WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., | |||
| as Master Servicer | |||
| By: | /s/ Kelly J. Rentz | ||
| Name: | Kelly J. Rentz | ||
| Title: | Vice President | ||
| WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee | |||
| By: | /s/ Jeanne M. Oller | ||
| Name: | Jeanne M. Oller | ||
| Title: | Vice President | ||
| CITIBANK, N.A., | |||
| as Securities Administrator | |||
| By: | /s/ Karen Schluter | ||
| Name: | Karen Schluter | ||
| Title: | Vice President | ||
Signature Page – First Amendment to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement – SEMT 2013-7
REPRESENTATION AND CONSENT OF RWT HOLDINGS, INC.:
RWT Holdings, Inc. represents and warrants that it is the beneficial holder of all of the outstanding Class B-1 and Class B-2 Certificates and consents to this Amendment.
RWT HOLDINGS, INC.
By: /s/ Matthew J. Tomiak___________________
Name: Matthew J. Tomiak
Title: Authorized Officer
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EXHIBIT A
THIS CERTIFICATE IS A REMIC REGULAR INTEREST CERTIFICATE. THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT EVIDENCE AN OBLIGATION OF, OR AN INTEREST IN, AND IS NOT GUARANTEED BY, THE DEPOSITOR, THE TRUSTEE, THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR, THE MASTER SERVICER OR ANY AFFILIATE OF ANY OF THEM AND IS NOT INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR PRIVATE INSURER.
DISTRIBUTIONS IN REDUCTION OF THE CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE MADE IN INSTALLMENTS AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE AMOUNT SHOWN ON THE FACE HEREOF.
THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATE IN RIGHT OF PAYMENT AS DESCRIBED IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
THIS CERTIFICATE IS A GLOBAL CERTIFICATE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (“DTC”), A NEW YORK CORPORATION, 55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10004, OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN DTC OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT. UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC, TO THE ISSUING ENTITY OR THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC, ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL, INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS IN THE UNITED STATES OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION AND MAY NOT BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, UNITED STATES PERSONS, EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY THIS LEGEND. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE, REPRESENTS, ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT REOFFER, RESELL, PLEDGE OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS CERTIFICATE EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS AND EXCEPT (A) IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT TO A
PERSON THAT IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER, WHOM IT HAS INFORMED, IN EACH CASE, THAT THE REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, PROVIDED THAT SUCH PURCHASER DELIVERS ALL DOCUMENTS AND CERTIFICATIONS AS THE ISSUING ENTITY OR THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE; OR (B) TO THE ISSUING ENTITY OR THE DEPOSITOR, IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAW OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES AND ANY OTHER JURISDICTION. IN ADDITION, THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE, REPRESENTS, ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT REOFFER, RESELL, PLEDGE OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS CERTIFICATE EXCEPT IN A TRANSACTION THAT DOES NOT CAUSE THE ISSUING ENTITY OR THE MORTGAGE LOANS TO BE REQUIRED TO REGISTER UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT.
EACH TRANSFEREE OF A CERTIFICATE WILL BE DEEMED TO REPRESENT AT TIME OF TRANSFER THAT SUCH TRANSFEREE IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER.
ANY PURPORTED CERTIFICATE OWNER WHOSE ACQUISITION OR HOLDING OF THIS CERTIFICATE (OR INTEREST THEREIN) WAS EFFECTED IN VIOLATION OF THE RESTRICTIONS PROVIDED IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT SHALL INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR, THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR, THE DEPOSITOR, THE TRUSTEE AND THE ISSUING ENTITY FROM AND AGAINST ANY AND ALL LIABILITIES, CLAIMS, COSTS OR EXPENSES INCURRED BY SUCH PARTIES AS A RESULT OF SUCH ACQUISITION OR HOLDING.
TRANSFERS OF THE CERTIFICATES MUST GENERALLY BE ACCOMPANIED BY APPROPRIATE TAX TRANSFER DOCUMENTATION AND ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS AS PROVIDED IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.
ANY TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE IN VIOLATION OF THE FOREGOING WILL BE OF NO FORCE AND EFFECT AND WILL BE NULL AND VOID AB INITIO AND WILL NOT OPERATE TO TRANSFER ANY RIGHTS TO THE INITIAL PURCHASER OR SUBSEQUENT TRANSFEREE, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CONTRARY TO THE ISSUING ENTITY, THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR OR ANY INTERMEDIARY.
THE ISSUING ENTITY MAY REQUIRE ANY HOLDER OF THIS CERTIFICATE THAT IS A “U.S. PERSON” AS DEFINED IN REGULATION S OR A HOLDER WHO WAS SOLD THIS CERTIFICATE IN THE UNITED STATES WHO IN EITHER CASE IS DETERMINED NOT TO HAVE BEEN A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER AT THE TIME OF ACQUISITION OF THIS CERTIFICATE TO SELL THIS CERTIFICATE TO A PERSON THAT IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A.
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THE HOLDER AND ANY TRANSFEREE OF THIS CERTIFICATE WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE REPRESENTED BY VIRTUE OF ITS PURCHASE OR HOLDING OF THIS CERTIFICATE (OR INTEREST THEREIN) THAT EITHER (A) SUCH HOLDER OR TRANSFEREE IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT TO THE PROHIBITED TRANSACTION PROVISIONS OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”), OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR A PERSON (INCLUDING AN INSURANCE COMPANY INVESTING ITS GENERAL ACCOUNT, AN INVESTMENT MANAGER, A NAMED FIDUCIARY OR A TRUSTEE OF ANY SUCH PLAN) WHO IS USING “PLAN ASSETS” OF ANY SUCH PLAN TO EFFECT SUCH ACQUISITION (EACH OF THE FOREGOING, A “PLAN INVESTOR”), (B) IT HAS ACQUIRED AND IS HOLDING THIS CERTIFICATE IN RELIANCE ON U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PROHIBITED TRANSACTION EXEMPTION (“PTE”) 2002-19, AS AMENDED, (THE “UNDERWRITER EXEMPTION”), AND THAT IT UNDERSTANDS THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN CONDITIONS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF THE UNDERWRITER EXEMPTION INCLUDING THAT THIS CERTIFICATE MUST BE RATED, AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE, NOT LOWER THAN “BBB-” (OR ITS EQUIVALENT) BY STANDARD & POOR’S, FITCH, MOODY’S, DBRS LIMITED OR DBRS, INC. OR (C) (I) THE TRANSFEREE IS AN INSURANCE COMPANY, (II) THE SOURCE OF FUNDS USED TO PURCHASE OR HOLD THIS CERTIFICATE IS AN “INSURANCE COMPANY GENERAL ACCOUNT” (AS DEFINED IN U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION (“PTCE”) 95-60), AND (III) THE CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN SECTIONS I AND III OF PTCE 95-60 HAVE BEEN SATISFIED (EACH ENTITY THAT SATISFIES THIS CLAUSE (C), A “COMPLYING INSURANCE COMPANY”).
IF THIS CERTIFICATE (OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN) IS ACQUIRED OR HELD BY ANY PERSON THAT DOES NOT SATISFY THE CONDITIONS DESCRIBED IN THE PRECEDING PARAGRAPH, THEN THE LAST PRECEDING TRANSFEREE THAT EITHER (I) IS NOT A PLAN INVESTOR, (II) ACQUIRED SUCH CERTIFICATE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE UNDERWRITER EXEMPTION, OR (III) IS A COMPLYING INSURANCE COMPANY SHALL BE RESTORED, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, TO ALL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS AS CERTIFICATE OWNER THEREOF RETROACTIVE TO THE DATE OF SUCH TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE. THE TRUSTEE SHALL BE UNDER NO LIABILITY TO ANY PERSON FOR MAKING ANY PAYMENTS DUE ON THIS CERTIFICATE TO SUCH PRECEDING TRANSFEREE.
ANY PURPORTED CERTIFICATE OWNER WHOSE ACQUISITION OR HOLDING OF THIS CERTIFICATE (OR INTEREST THEREIN) WAS EFFECTED IN VIOLATION OF THE RESTRICTIONS IN SECTION 3.03 OF THE AGREEMENT SHALL INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR, THE DEPOSITOR, THE TRUSTEE AND THE TRUST FUND FROM AND AGAINST ANY AND ALL LIABILITIES, CLAIMS, COSTS OR EXPENSES INCURRED BY SUCH PARTIES AS A RESULT OF SUCH ACQUISITION OR HOLDING.
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SEQUOIA MORTGAGE TRUST 2013-7
MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, CLASS B-l
Evidencing a beneficial interest in a pool of residential mortgage loans and any other assets established by
SEQUOIA RESIDENTIAL FUNDING, INC.
| Initial Class Principal Amount of the Class B-1 Certificates$8,165,000
Certificate Interest Rate: Adjustable
Final Scheduled Distribution Date: June 2043
NUMBER 2 | Initial Certificate Principal Amount of this Certificate: $8,165,000
Cut-off Date: May 1, 2013
CUSIP: 81745C AM5 |
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THIS CERTIFIES THAT CEDE & CO. is the registered owner of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate (obtained by dividing the initial Certificate Principal Amount of this Certificate by the initial Class Principal Amount of all Class B-1 Certificates, both as specified above) in a Trust Fund, the assets of which consist of the Mortgage Loans and all interest and principal received thereon after the Cut-off Date (other than Scheduled Payments due on or prior to the Cut-off Date), the rights of the Seller and the Depositor assigned to the Trustee under each Purchase Agreement, each Servicing Agreement, the Mortgage Loan Purchase and Sale Agreement, the Insurance Policies relating to the Mortgage Loans, all cash, instruments or property held or required to be held in the Custodial Accounts and the Distribution Account and property that secured a Mortgage Loan; and certain other assets, if any, as described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the foregoing assets hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Trust Fund”).
Distributions on this Certificate will be made on the 25th day of each month or, if such day is not a Business Day, then on the succeeding Business Day, commencing in June 2013 (each, a “Distribution Date”), to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered at the close of business on the last Business Day preceding such Distribution Date (the “Record Date”), in an amount equal to the product of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate and the amount, if any, required to be distributed to all Certificates of the Class represented by this Certificate. All sums distributable on this Certificate are payable in the coin or currency of the United States of America which at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Certificate set forth on the reverse hereof, which shall have the same effect as though fully set forth on the face of this Certificate.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by or on behalf of the Authenticating Agent, whose name appears below by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Wilmington Trust, National Association as Trustee, has caused this Certificate to be duly executed.
WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
not in its individual capacity but solely as Trustee
By:
Name:
Title:
Dated: March 25, 2015
CERTIFICATE AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Certificates referred to in the within-mentioned Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
CITIBANK, N.A.,
as Authenticating Agent
By:
AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY
Dated: March 25, 2015
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SEQUOIA MORTGAGE TRUST 2013-7
MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of certificates designated as Sequoia Mortgage Trust 2013-7 Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates (the “Certificates”), representing all or part of a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund established pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2013 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), among Sequoia Residential Funding, Inc., as depositor (the “Depositor”), Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as master servicer (the “Master Servicer”), Citibank, N.A., as securities administrator (the “Securities Administrator”), and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as amended and restated as of January 1, 2014, to which terms, provisions and conditions thereof the Holder of this Certificate by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents, and by which such Holder is bound. Except as otherwise defined herein, all capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Certificates consist of the following Classes: Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-IO1, Class A-IO2, Class R, Class LT-R, Class B-1, Class B-2, Class B-3, Class B-4, and Class B-5.
On each Distribution Date, the Paying Agent, on behalf of the Trustee, will make distributions from the Distribution Account to the Holders of Certificates according to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All distributions or allocations made with respect to each Class of Certificates on each Distribution Date shall be allocated among the outstanding Certificates of such Class based on the Certificate Principal Amount (or Certificate Notional Amount) of each such Certificate.
Distributions on this Certificate will be made by check mailed to the Holder of record of this Certificate on the immediately preceding Record Date at the address of such Holder as it appears on the Certificate Register or, upon written request made to the Securities Administrator at least five Business Days prior to the related Record Date, by any Certificateholder owning an aggregate initial Certificate Principal Amount (or Certificate Notional Amount) of at least $1,000,000 or, in the case of any Residual Certificate, a Percentage Interest of 100%, by wire transfer in immediately available funds to an account specified in such request and at the expense of such Certificateholder requesting such wire transfer by deducting a wire transfer fee from the related distribution; provided, however, that the final distribution in respect of any Certificate shall be made only upon presentation and surrender of such Certificate at the Corporate Trust Office (as defined below); provided, further, that the foregoing provisions shall not apply to any Certificate as long as such Certificate remains a Book-Entry Certificate, in which case all payments made shall be made through the Clearing Agency and its Clearing Agency Participants. Notwithstanding such final payment of principal of any of the Certificates, each Residual Certificate will remain outstanding until the termination of the related REMIC or REMICs and the payment in full of all other amounts due with respect to the Residual Certificates and at such time such final payment in retirement of any Residual Certificate will be made only upon presentation and surrender of such Certificate at the Corporate Trust Office.
The Corporate Trust Office with respect to the presentment and surrender of Certificates for the final distribution thereon is the corporate trust office of the Certificate Registrar at 480 Washington Boulevard, 30th Floor, Jersey City, New Jersey, 07310, Attention: Agency & Trust Sequoia Mortgage Trust 2013-7 or at such other address as the Securities Administrator may designate from time to time.
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The Pooling and Servicing Agreement may be amended by the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, and the Depositor with the consent of the Holders of not less than 66-2/3% of the Class Principal Amount or Class Notional Amount (or Percentage Interest) of each Class of Certificates affected thereby for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders; provided, however, that no such amendment shall be made unless the Trustee and the Securities Administrator receive an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting the change, that such change will not cause an Adverse REMIC Event; and provided further, that no such amendment may (i) reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on Mortgage Loans which are required to be distributed on any Certificate, without the consent of the Holder of such Certificate or (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentages of Class Principal Amount or Class Notional Amount (or Percentage Interest) of Certificates of each Class, the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment without the consent of the Holders of 100% of the Class Principal Amount or Class Notional Amount (or Percentage Interest) of each Class of Certificates affected thereby. For purposes of this paragraph, references to “Holder” or “Holders” shall be deemed to include, in the case of any Class of Book-Entry Certificates, the related Certificate Owners. Any consent by the Holder of this Certificate will be conclusive and binding upon all future Holders of this Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon the transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not consent is made with respect to such Certificate. The Pooling and Servicing Agreement also permits the amendment thereof in certain limited circumstances without the consent of the Holders.
As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registerable in the Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of transfer at the Corporate Trust Office, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to, the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder thereof or such Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates of the same Class of authorized denominations evidencing the same initial Certificate Principal Amount (or Notional Amount) will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, this Certificate is exchangeable for new Certificates of the same Class evidencing the same aggregate initial Certificate Principal Amount (or Notional Amount) as requested by the Holder surrendering the same. No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any exchange of Certificates.
The Class A-1, Class A-2, Class B-1, Class B-2, Class B-3, Class B-4, and Class B-5 Certificates are issuable only in registered form in minimum denominations of $100,000 in initial Certificate Principal Amount and the Class A-IO1 and Class A-IO2 Certificates are issuable only in registered form in minimum denominations of $1,000,000 in initial Certificate Notional Amount, in each case, in integral multiples of $1 in excess thereof and, in the case of the Class
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A-1, Class A-2, Class A-IO1, Class A-IO2, Class B-1, Class B-2 and Class B-3 Certificates, will be registered in the name of the nominee of the Clearing Agency, which shall maintain such Certificates through its book-entry facilities and, in the case of the Class B-4 and Class B-5 Certificates, will be maintained in physical form. The Class R and Class LT-R Certificates will each be issued as a single Certificate representing the entire Percentage Interest in that Class and will be maintained in physical form. The Certificates shall remain outstanding until the final Distribution Date for the Certificates.
On any date on which the Aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans has declined to less than 10% of the initial Aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date, subject to satisfaction of the conditions described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Master Servicer may purchase all of the Mortgage Loans from the Trust Fund, thereby causing an early retirement of the Certificates.
In no event will the trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants living at the date of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement of a certain person named in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
The Depositor, the Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Certificate Registrar and any agent of any of them may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Certificate Registrar or any such agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, this Certificate and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of New York without regard to the conflict of laws principles applied in the State of New York. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Certificate and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall be controlling.
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ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s) and assign(s) and transfer(s) unto
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the within Certificate stating in the names of the undersigned in the Certificate Register and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint
to transfer such Certificate in such Certificate Register.
I [we] further direct the Certificate Registrar to issue a new Certificate of the same Class of like principal to the above-named assignee and deliver such Certificate to the following address:
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| Name of Institution | NOTICE: The signature(s) of this assignment must correspond with the name(s) on the face of this Certificate without alteration or any change whatsoever. The signature must be guaranteed by a participant in the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program, the New York Stock Exchange Medallion Signature Program or the Stock Exchanges Medallion Program. Notarized or witnessed signatures are not acceptable as guaranteed signatures. | ||
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DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS
The assignee should include the following for the information of the Certificate Registrar. Distributions shall be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to
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THIS CERTIFICATE IS A REMIC REGULAR INTEREST CERTIFICATE. THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT EVIDENCE AN OBLIGATION OF, OR AN INTEREST IN, AND IS NOT GUARANTEED BY, THE DEPOSITOR, THE TRUSTEE, THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR, THE MASTER SERVICER OR ANY AFFILIATE OF ANY OF THEM AND IS NOT INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR PRIVATE INSURER.
DISTRIBUTIONS IN REDUCTION OF THE CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE MADE IN INSTALLMENTS AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE AMOUNT SHOWN ON THE FACE HEREOF.
THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATE IN RIGHT OF PAYMENT AS DESCRIBED IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
THIS CERTIFICATE IS A GLOBAL CERTIFICATE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (“DTC”), A NEW YORK CORPORATION, 55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10004, OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN DTC OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT. UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC, TO THE ISSUING ENTITY OR THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC, ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL, INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS IN THE UNITED STATES OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION AND MAY NOT BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, UNITED STATES PERSONS, EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY THIS LEGEND. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE, REPRESENTS, ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT REOFFER, RESELL, PLEDGE OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS CERTIFICATE EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS AND EXCEPT (A) IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT TO A
PERSON THAT IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER, WHOM IT HAS INFORMED, IN EACH CASE, THAT THE REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, PROVIDED THAT SUCH PURCHASER DELIVERS ALL DOCUMENTS AND CERTIFICATIONS AS THE ISSUING ENTITY OR THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE; OR (B) TO THE ISSUING ENTITY OR THE DEPOSITOR, IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAW OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES AND ANY OTHER JURISDICTION. IN ADDITION, THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE, REPRESENTS, ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT REOFFER, RESELL, PLEDGE OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS CERTIFICATE EXCEPT IN A TRANSACTION THAT DOES NOT CAUSE THE ISSUING ENTITY OR THE MORTGAGE LOANS TO BE REQUIRED TO REGISTER UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT.
EACH TRANSFEREE OF A CERTIFICATE WILL BE DEEMED TO REPRESENT AT TIME OF TRANSFER THAT SUCH TRANSFEREE IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER.
ANY PURPORTED CERTIFICATE OWNER WHOSE ACQUISITION OR HOLDING OF THIS CERTIFICATE (OR INTEREST THEREIN) WAS EFFECTED IN VIOLATION OF THE RESTRICTIONS PROVIDED IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT SHALL INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR, THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR, THE DEPOSITOR, THE TRUSTEE AND THE ISSUING ENTITY FROM AND AGAINST ANY AND ALL LIABILITIES, CLAIMS, COSTS OR EXPENSES INCURRED BY SUCH PARTIES AS A RESULT OF SUCH ACQUISITION OR HOLDING.
TRANSFERS OF THE CERTIFICATES MUST GENERALLY BE ACCOMPANIED BY APPROPRIATE TAX TRANSFER DOCUMENTATION AND ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS AS PROVIDED IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.
ANY TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE IN VIOLATION OF THE FOREGOING WILL BE OF NO FORCE AND EFFECT AND WILL BE NULL AND VOID AB INITIO AND WILL NOT OPERATE TO TRANSFER ANY RIGHTS TO THE INITIAL PURCHASER OR SUBSEQUENT TRANSFEREE, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CONTRARY TO THE ISSUING ENTITY, THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR OR ANY INTERMEDIARY.
THE ISSUING ENTITY MAY REQUIRE ANY HOLDER OF THIS CERTIFICATE THAT IS A “U.S. PERSON” AS DEFINED IN REGULATION S OR A HOLDER WHO WAS SOLD THIS CERTIFICATE IN THE UNITED STATES WHO IN EITHER CASE IS DETERMINED NOT TO HAVE BEEN A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER AT THE TIME OF ACQUISITION OF THIS CERTIFICATE TO SELL THIS CERTIFICATE TO A PERSON THAT IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A.
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THE HOLDER AND ANY TRANSFEREE OF THIS CERTIFICATE WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE REPRESENTED BY VIRTUE OF ITS PURCHASE OR HOLDING OF THIS CERTIFICATE (OR INTEREST THEREIN) THAT EITHER (A) SUCH HOLDER OR TRANSFEREE IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT TO THE PROHIBITED TRANSACTION PROVISIONS OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”), OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR A PERSON (INCLUDING AN INSURANCE COMPANY INVESTING ITS GENERAL ACCOUNT, AN INVESTMENT MANAGER, A NAMED FIDUCIARY OR A TRUSTEE OF ANY SUCH PLAN) WHO IS USING “PLAN ASSETS” OF ANY SUCH PLAN TO EFFECT SUCH ACQUISITION (EACH OF THE FOREGOING, A “PLAN INVESTOR”), (B) IT HAS ACQUIRED AND IS HOLDING THIS CERTIFICATE IN RELIANCE ON U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PROHIBITED TRANSACTION EXEMPTION (“PTE”) 2002-19, AS AMENDED, (THE “UNDERWRITER EXEMPTION”), AND THAT IT UNDERSTANDS THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN CONDITIONS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF THE UNDERWRITER EXEMPTION INCLUDING THAT THIS CERTIFICATE MUST BE RATED, AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE, NOT LOWER THAN “BBB-” (OR ITS EQUIVALENT) BY STANDARD & POOR’S, FITCH, MOODY’S, DBRS LIMITED OR DBRS, INC. OR (C) (I) THE TRANSFEREE IS AN INSURANCE COMPANY, (II) THE SOURCE OF FUNDS USED TO PURCHASE OR HOLD THIS CERTIFICATE IS AN “INSURANCE COMPANY GENERAL ACCOUNT” (AS DEFINED IN U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION (“PTCE”) 95-60), AND (III) THE CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN SECTIONS I AND III OF PTCE 95-60 HAVE BEEN SATISFIED (EACH ENTITY THAT SATISFIES THIS CLAUSE (C), A “COMPLYING INSURANCE COMPANY”).
IF THIS CERTIFICATE (OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN) IS ACQUIRED OR HELD BY ANY PERSON THAT DOES NOT SATISFY THE CONDITIONS DESCRIBED IN THE PRECEDING PARAGRAPH, THEN THE LAST PRECEDING TRANSFEREE THAT EITHER (I) IS NOT A PLAN INVESTOR, (II) ACQUIRED SUCH CERTIFICATE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE UNDERWRITER EXEMPTION, OR (III) IS A COMPLYING INSURANCE COMPANY SHALL BE RESTORED, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, TO ALL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS AS CERTIFICATE OWNER THEREOF RETROACTIVE TO THE DATE OF SUCH TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE. THE TRUSTEE SHALL BE UNDER NO LIABILITY TO ANY PERSON FOR MAKING ANY PAYMENTS DUE ON THIS CERTIFICATE TO SUCH PRECEDING TRANSFEREE.
ANY PURPORTED CERTIFICATE OWNER WHOSE ACQUISITION OR HOLDING OF THIS CERTIFICATE (OR INTEREST THEREIN) WAS EFFECTED IN VIOLATION OF THE RESTRICTIONS IN SECTION 3.03 OF THE AGREEMENT SHALL INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR, THE DEPOSITOR, THE TRUSTEE AND THE TRUST FUND FROM AND AGAINST ANY AND ALL LIABILITIES, CLAIMS, COSTS OR EXPENSES INCURRED BY SUCH PARTIES AS A RESULT OF SUCH ACQUISITION OR HOLDING.
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SEQUOIA MORTGAGE TRUST 2013-7
MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, CLASS B-2
Evidencing a beneficial interest in a pool of residential mortgage loans and any other assets established by
SEQUOIA RESIDENTIAL FUNDING, INC.
| Initial Class Principal Amount of the Class B-2 Certificates: $7,711,000
Certificate Interest Rate: Adjustable
Final Scheduled Distribution Date: June 2043
NUMBER 2 | Initial Certificate Principal Amount of this Certificate: $7,711,000
Cut-off Date: May 1, 2013
CUSIP: 81745C AN3 |
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THIS CERTIFIES THAT CEDE & CO. is the registered owner of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate (obtained by dividing the initial Certificate Principal Amount of this Certificate by the initial Class Principal Amount of all Class B-2 Certificates, both as specified above) in a Trust Fund, the assets of which consist of the Mortgage Loans and all interest and principal received thereon after the Cut-off Date (other than Scheduled Payments due on or prior to the Cut-off Date), the rights of the Seller and the Depositor assigned to the Trustee under each Purchase Agreement, each Servicing Agreement, the Mortgage Loan Purchase and Sale Agreement, the Insurance Policies relating to the Mortgage Loans, all cash, instruments or property held or required to be held in the Custodial Accounts and the Distribution Account and property that secured a Mortgage Loan; and certain other assets, if any, as described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the foregoing assets hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Trust Fund”).
Distributions on this Certificate will be made on the 25th day of each month or, if such day is not a Business Day, then on the succeeding Business Day, commencing in June 2013 (each, a “Distribution Date”), to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered at the close of business on the last Business Day preceding such Distribution Date (the “Record Date”), in an amount equal to the product of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate and the amount, if any, required to be distributed to all Certificates of the Class represented by this Certificate. All sums distributable on this Certificate are payable in the coin or currency of the United States of America which at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Certificate set forth on the reverse hereof, which shall have the same effect as though fully set forth on the face of this Certificate.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by or on behalf of the Authenticating Agent, whose name appears below by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Wilmington Trust, National Association as Trustee, has caused this Certificate to be duly executed.
WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
not in its individual capacity but solely as Trustee
By:
Name:
Title:
Dated: March 25, 2015
CERTIFICATE AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Certificates referred to in the within-mentioned Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
CITIBANK, N.A.,
as Authenticating Agent
By:
AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY
Dated: March 25, 2015
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SEQUOIA MORTGAGE TRUST 2013-7
MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of certificates designated as Sequoia Mortgage Trust 2013-7 Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates (the “Certificates”), representing all or part of a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund established pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2013 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), among Sequoia Residential Funding, Inc., as depositor (the “Depositor”), Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as master servicer (the “Master Servicer”), Citibank, N.A., as securities administrator (the “Securities Administrator”), and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as amended and restated as of January 1, 2014, to which terms, provisions and conditions thereof the Holder of this Certificate by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents, and by which such Holder is bound. Except as otherwise defined herein, all capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Certificates consist of the following Classes: Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-IO1, Class A-IO2, Class R, Class LT-R, Class B-1, Class B-2, Class B-3, Class B-4, and Class B-5.
On each Distribution Date, the Paying Agent, on behalf of the Trustee, will make distributions from the Distribution Account to the Holders of Certificates according to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All distributions or allocations made with respect to each Class of Certificates on each Distribution Date shall be allocated among the outstanding Certificates of such Class based on the Certificate Principal Amount (or Certificate Notional Amount) of each such Certificate.
Distributions on this Certificate will be made by check mailed to the Holder of record of this Certificate on the immediately preceding Record Date at the address of such Holder as it appears on the Certificate Register or, upon written request made to the Securities Administrator at least five Business Days prior to the related Record Date, by any Certificateholder owning an aggregate initial Certificate Principal Amount (or Certificate Notional Amount) of at least $1,000,000 or, in the case of any Residual Certificate, a Percentage Interest of 100%, by wire transfer in immediately available funds to an account specified in such request and at the expense of such Certificateholder requesting such wire transfer by deducting a wire transfer fee from the related distribution; provided, however, that the final distribution in respect of any Certificate shall be made only upon presentation and surrender of such Certificate at the Corporate Trust Office (as defined below); provided, further, that the foregoing provisions shall not apply to any Certificate as long as such Certificate remains a Book-Entry Certificate, in which case all payments made shall be made through the Clearing Agency and its Clearing Agency Participants. Notwithstanding such final payment of principal of any of the Certificates, each Residual Certificate will remain outstanding until the termination of the related REMIC or REMICs and the payment in full of all other amounts due with respect to the Residual Certificates and at such time such final payment in retirement of any Residual Certificate will be made only upon presentation and surrender of such Certificate at the Corporate Trust Office.
The Corporate Trust Office with respect to the presentment and surrender of Certificates for the final distribution thereon is the corporate trust office of the Certificate Registrar at 480 Washington Boulevard, 30th Floor, Jersey City, New Jersey, 07310, Attention: Agency & Trust Sequoia Mortgage Trust 2013-7 or at such other address as the Securities Administrator may designate from time to time.
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The Pooling and Servicing Agreement may be amended by the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, and the Depositor with the consent of the Holders of not less than 66-2/3% of the Class Principal Amount or Class Notional Amount (or Percentage Interest) of each Class of Certificates affected thereby for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders; provided, however, that no such amendment shall be made unless the Trustee and the Securities Administrator receive an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting the change, that such change will not cause an Adverse REMIC Event; and provided further, that no such amendment may (i) reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on Mortgage Loans which are required to be distributed on any Certificate, without the consent of the Holder of such Certificate or (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentages of Class Principal Amount or Class Notional Amount (or Percentage Interest) of Certificates of each Class, the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment without the consent of the Holders of 100% of the Class Principal Amount or Class Notional Amount (or Percentage Interest) of each Class of Certificates affected thereby. For purposes of this paragraph, references to “Holder” or “Holders” shall be deemed to include, in the case of any Class of Book-Entry Certificates, the related Certificate Owners. Any consent by the Holder of this Certificate will be conclusive and binding upon all future Holders of this Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon the transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not consent is made with respect to such Certificate. The Pooling and Servicing Agreement also permits the amendment thereof in certain limited circumstances without the consent of the Holders.
As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registerable in the Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of transfer at the Corporate Trust Office, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to, the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder thereof or such Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates of the same Class of authorized denominations evidencing the same initial Certificate Principal Amount (or Notional Amount) will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, this Certificate is exchangeable for new Certificates of the same Class evidencing the same aggregate initial Certificate Principal Amount (or Notional Amount) as requested by the Holder surrendering the same. No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any exchange of Certificates.
The Class A-1, Class A-2, Class B-1, Class B-2, Class B-3, Class B-4, and Class B-5 Certificates are issuable only in registered form in minimum denominations of $100,000 in initial Certificate Principal Amount and the Class A-IO1 and Class A-IO2 Certificates are issuable only in registered form in minimum denominations of $1,000,000 in initial Certificate Notional Amount, in each case, in integral multiples of $1 in excess thereof and, in the case of the Class
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A-1, Class A-2, Class A-IO1, Class A-IO2, Class B-1, Class B-2 and Class B-3 Certificates, will be registered in the name of the nominee of the Clearing Agency, which shall maintain such Certificates through its book-entry facilities and, in the case of the Class B-4 and Class B-5 Certificates, will be maintained in physical form. The Class R and Class LT-R Certificates will each be issued as a single Certificate representing the entire Percentage Interest in that Class and will be maintained in physical form. The Certificates shall remain outstanding until the final Distribution Date for the Certificates.
On any date on which the Aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans has declined to less than 10% of the initial Aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date, subject to satisfaction of the conditions described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Master Servicer may purchase all of the Mortgage Loans from the Trust Fund, thereby causing an early retirement of the Certificates.
In no event will the trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants living at the date of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement of a certain person named in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
The Depositor, the Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Certificate Registrar and any agent of any of them may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Certificate Registrar or any such agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, this Certificate and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of New York without regard to the conflict of laws principles applied in the State of New York. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Certificate and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall be controlling.
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ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s) and assign(s) and transfer(s) unto
(Please print or type name and address, including postal zip code, of assignee and social security number or employer identification number)
the within Certificate stating in the names of the undersigned in the Certificate Register and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint
to transfer such Certificate in such Certificate Register.
I [we] further direct the Certificate Registrar to issue a new Certificate of the same Class of like principal to the above-named assignee and deliver such Certificate to the following address:
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| Authorized Officer | Signature Guaranteed | ||
| Name of Institution | NOTICE: The signature(s) of this assignment must correspond with the name(s) on the face of this Certificate without alteration or any change whatsoever. The signature must be guaranteed by a participant in the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program, the New York Stock Exchange Medallion Signature Program or the Stock Exchanges Medallion Program. Notarized or witnessed signatures are not acceptable as guaranteed signatures. | ||
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DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS
The assignee should include the following for the information of the Certificate Registrar. Distributions shall be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to
| for the account of |
| account number | or, if mailed by check, to |
| Applicable reports and statements should be mailed to |
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| the assignee named above, or | as its agent. |
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