Document

EXECUTION VERSION

AMENDED AND RESTATED MASTER REPURCHASE AGREEMENT
Among:
TIAA, FSB, as Administrative Agent and as a Buyer,
SIGNATURE BANK, as a Buyer,
and
LOANDEPOT.COM, LLC, as Seller 


Dated as of November 15, 2021






Certain confidential information contained in this document, marked by “[***]”, has been omitted because it is both (i) not material and (ii) would be competitively harmful if publicly disclosed.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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	SECTION 1.    APPLICABILITY; INCORPORATION OF TIAA BANK WAREHOUSE CUSTOMER GUIDE AND PRICING LETTER
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	SECTION 2.    DEFINITIONS
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	SECTION 3.    INITIATION; TERMINATION
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	SECTION 4.    MARGIN AMOUNT MAINTENANCE
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	SECTION 5.    COLLECTIONS; INCOME PAYMENTS
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	SECTION 6.    REQUIREMENTS OF LAW
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	SECTION 7.    TAXES
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	SECTION 8.    SECURITY INTEREST; Administrative Agent’s APPOINTMENT AS ATTORNEY-IN-FACT
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	SECTION 9.    PAYMENT, TRANSFER; ACCOUNTS AND CUSTODY
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	SECTION 10.    DELIVERY OF DOCUMENTS
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	SECTION 11.    REPRESENTATIONS
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	SECTION 12.    COVENANTS
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	SECTION 13.    EVENTS OF DEFAULT
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	SECTION 14.    REMEDIES
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	SECTION 15.    INDEMNIFICATION AND EXPENSES; RECOURSE
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	SECTION 16.    SERVICING
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	SECTION 17.    DUE DILIGENCE
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	SECTION 18.    Successors and Assigns
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	SECTION 19.    AGENCY
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	SECTION 20.    TRANSFER AND MAINTENANCE OF REGISTER
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	SECTION 21.    HYPOTHECATION OR PLEDGE OF PURCHASED MORTGAGE LOANS
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	SECTION 22.    TAX AND ACCOUNTING TREATMENT
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	SECTION 23.    SET-OFF
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	SECTION 24.    TERMINABILITY
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	SECTION 25.    NOTICES AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS
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	SECTION 26.    USE OF THE WAREHOUSE ELECTRONIC SYSTEM AND OTHER ELECTRONIC MEDIA
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	SECTION 27.    ENTIRE AGREEMENT; SEVERABILITY; SINGLE AGREEMENT
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	SECTION 28.    GOVERNING LAW
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	SECTION 29.    SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; WAIVERS
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	SECTION 30.    NO WAIVERS, ETC.
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	SECTION 31.    CONFIDENTIALITY
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	SECTION 32.    INTENT
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	SECTION 33.    DISCLOSURE RELATING TO CERTAIN FEDERAL PROTECTIONS
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	SECTION 34.    AUTHORIZATIONS
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	SECTION 35.    ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF ANTI-PREDATORY LENDING POLICIES
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	SECTION 36.    MISCELLANEOUS
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	SECTION 37.    GENERAL INTERPRETIVE PRINCIPLES
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SCHEDULES AND EXHIBITS
SCHEDULE 1    Schedule of Representations and Warranties with Respect 
    to the Mortgage Loans
EXHIBIT A    Form of Opinion Letter
EXHIBIT B    Form of Servicer Notice
EXHIBIT C    Form of Power of Attorney
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AMENDED AND RESTATED MASTER REPURCHASE AGREEMENT
This AMENDED AND RESTATED MASTER REPURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated as of November 15, 2021 (the “Amendment Effective Date”), by and among LOANDEPOT.COM, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Seller”), TIAA, FSB (“TIAA Bank”), formerly known as EVERBANK, as a buyer and as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”) for the Buyers, and SIGNATURE BANK, a New York state chartered bank, as a buyer (collectively with TIAA Bank, the “Buyers”).
RECITALS
A.    Seller and TIAA Bank entered into a Master Repurchase Agreement, dated as of March 20, 2014 (as the same has been amended, restated, or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Existing MRA”); and
B.    Seller and TIAA Bank desire to amend the Existing Agreement in its entirety by amending and restating it in order to join an additional Buyer and appoint TIAA Bank, as Administrative Agent on behalf of the Buyers, and make additional changes, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual rights and obligations provided herein and for other good valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Seller, the Administrative Agent and each Buyer agree as follows:
SECTION 1.    APPLICABILITY; INCORPORATION OF TIAA BANK WAREHOUSE CUSTOMER GUIDE AND PRICING LETTER
From time to time the parties hereto may enter into transactions in which Seller agrees to transfer to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Buyers, Eligible Mortgage Loans on a servicing released basis against the transfer of funds by Buyers, with a simultaneous agreement by the Administrative Agent to transfer to Seller such Eligible Mortgage Loans on a servicing released basis at a date certain after the related Purchase Date, against the transfer of funds by Seller.  Each such transaction shall be referred to herein as a “Transaction” and shall be governed by this Agreement (including any supplemental terms or conditions contained in any annexes identified herein, as applicable hereunder), unless otherwise agreed in writing.  Each Transaction shall be allocated to each Buyer based on its Funding Share. 
The TIAA Bank Warehouse Customer Guide is one of the Facility Documents as defined below.  The TIAA Bank Warehouse Customer Guide is incorporated by reference into this Agreement and Seller agrees to adhere to all terms, conditions and requirements of the TIAA Bank Warehouse Customer Guide.  The Administrative Agent may amend the TIAA Bank Warehouse Customer Guide from time to time as provided in Section 36(e).  In the event of a conflict or inconsistency between this Agreement and the TIAA Bank Warehouse Customer Guide, the terms of this Agreement shall govern.  Seller’s execution and delivery of this Agreement constitutes Seller’s acknowledgment of receipt of the TIAA Bank Warehouse Customer Guide and Seller’s agreement to the terms and conditions set forth therein and herein with respect thereto.
The Pricing Letter is one of the Facility Documents as defined below.  The Pricing Letter is incorporated by reference into this Agreement and Seller agrees to adhere to all terms, conditions and 
    
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requirements of the Pricing Letter as incorporated herein.  In the event of a conflict or inconsistency between this Agreement and the Pricing Letter, the terms of the Pricing Letter shall govern.
SECTION 2.    DEFINITIONS
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Pricing Letter.  As used herein, the following terms shall have the following meanings (all terms defined in this Section 2 or in other provisions of this Agreement in the singular to have the same meanings when used in the plural and vice versa):
“1934 Act” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 33 hereof.
“Administrative Agent” shall mean TIAA Bank, in its capacity as administrative agent under this Agreement and any of the applicable Facility Documents, or any successor administrative agent.
“Administrative Agent Fee” shall have the meaning specified in the Pricing Letter.
“Accepted Servicing Practices” shall mean, 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.
“Adjusted Net Income” shall have the meaning set forth in the Pricing Letter. 
“Adjustable Rate Loan” shall mean a Mortgage Loan that provides for the adjustment of the Mortgage Interest Rate payable in connection with such Mortgage Loan.
“Adjusted Tangible Net Worth” shall have the meaning set forth in the Pricing Letter. 
“Affiliate” shall mean with respect to any specified entity, any other entity controlling or controlled by or under common control with such specified entity.  For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to a specified entity means the power to direct the management and policies of such entity, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise, and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” having meanings correlative to the foregoing. For removal of doubt none of the Permitted Holders, MTH Mortgage, LLC, MSC Mortgage, LLC, TRI Pointe Connect, LLC, Day One Mortgage, LLC,  Farm Bureau Mortgage, LLC, LGI Mortgage Solutions LLC, Henlopen Mortgage, LLC, BRP Home Mortgage, LLC, CUSA Affordable Housing, LLC, Commercial Agency USA, LLC, or any joint venture formed by Seller after the date hereof shall be considered an Affiliate for purposes of this Agreement or any other Facility Document.
“Agency” shall mean Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae or Ginnie Mae, as applicable.
“Agency-Required eNote Legend” shall mean the legend or paragraph required by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac, as applicable, to be set forth in the text of an eNote, as may be amended from time to time by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac, as applicable.
“Aging Limit” shall have the meaning specified in the Pricing Letter.
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“Agreement” shall mean this Amended and Restated Master Repurchase Agreement between the Administrative Agent, Buyers and Seller, dated as of the date hereof, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with the terms hereof.
“ALTA” shall mean the American Land Title Association, or any successors thereto.
“Amendment Effective Date” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Annual Financial Statement Date” shall have the meaning set forth in the Pricing Letter.
“Anti-Money Laundering Laws” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11(z) hereof.
“Appraisal” shall mean an appraisal by a licensed appraiser selected in accordance with Agency guidelines and not identified to Seller as an unacceptable appraiser by an Agency, and who is experienced in estimating the value of property of that same type in the community where it is located, and who — unless approved by the Administrative Agent on a case-by-case basis — is not, and is not a Relative of or a Relative of a spouse of, an owner, director, officer or employee of Seller or any of its Affiliates, a signed copy of the written report of which Appraisal is in the possession of Seller or the Subservicer.
“Appraised Value” shall mean 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 or in the case of property inspection waiver Mortgage Loans, the value accepted by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac’s automated underwriting system as the value of the Mortgaged Property.
“Appropriate Federal Banking Agency” shall have the meaning ascribed to it by Section 1813(q) of Title 12 of the United States Code, as amended from time to time.
 “Approved CPA” shall mean a certified public accountant approved by the Administrative Agent in writing in its sole discretion.  
“Approved Fund” shall mean any Fund that is administered or managed by (a) a Buyer, (b) an Affiliate of a Buyer or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Buyer.
“Approved Flood Policy Insurer” shall mean any of the insurers approved by the Administrative Agent in its sole and absolute discretion.
“Approved Hedging Manager” shall mean a hedging consultant acceptable to the Administrative Agent in its sole and absolute discretion.  If (and only for so long as) approved by the Administrative Agent, in its sole and absolute discretion, Seller may act as its own hedging manager, in which event, while so approved, Seller shall be an Approved Hedging Manager for purposes of this Agreement.
“Approved Mortgage Product” shall have the meaning specified in the Pricing Letter.
“Asset Value” shall mean with respect to each Purchased Mortgage Loan that is:
(a)    an Eligible Mortgage Loan, the applicable Purchase Price Percentage for such Purchased Mortgage Loan multiplied by the least of (i) the Market Value of such Mortgage Loan, (ii) the 
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outstanding principal balance of such Mortgage Loan, and (iii) the purchase price for such Mortgage Loan set forth in the related Takeout Commitment; and
(b)    not an Eligible Mortgage Loan, zero.
(c)    Notwithstanding and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Seller acknowledges that the Asset Value of a Purchased Mortgage Loan may be reduced to zero by the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, without notice, if:
(i)    such Purchased Mortgage Loan ceases to be an Eligible Mortgage Loan;
(ii)    the Purchased Mortgage Loan has been released from the possession of Custodian (other than to a Takeout Investor pursuant to a Bailee Letter) for a period in excess of 10 calendar days;
(iii)    the Purchased Mortgage Loan has been released from the possession of Custodian to a Takeout Investor pursuant to a Bailee Letter for a period in excess of 45 calendar days;
(iv)    the Purchased Mortgage Loan is a Wet Mortgage Loan for which the related Mortgage File has not been received by Custodian by the Wet Delivery Deadline for such Purchased Mortgage Loan;
(v)    such Purchased Mortgage Loan is rejected by the related Takeout Investor;
(vi)    such Purchased Mortgage Loan is or becomes a Defective Mortgage Loan or a Delinquent Mortgage Loan;
(vii)    such Purchased Mortgage Loan has been subject to a Transaction hereunder for a period of greater than the applicable Transaction Term Limitation;
(viii)    the Administrative Agent has determined in its sole discretion that the Purchased Mortgage Loan is not eligible for whole loan sale or securitization in a transaction consistent with the prevailing sale and securitization industry with respect to substantially similar Mortgage Loans; or
(ix)    such Purchased Mortgage Loan contains a breach of a representation or warranty made by Seller in this Agreement.
The aggregate Asset Value of Mortgage Loans included in any Concentration Category shall not exceed the Concentration Limit applicable to such Concentration Category.
“Assignment and Acceptance” shall mean an assignment and acceptance entered into by a Buyer and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 18(b), in form and substance approved by the Administrative Agent.
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“Assignment of Mortgage” shall mean 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 sale of the Mortgage, in the form and substance as it relates to assignee information approved by the Administrative Agent.
“Assignment of Proprietary Lease” shall mean the specific agreement creating a first Lien on and pledge of the Co-op Shares and appurtenant Proprietary Lease securing a Co-op Loan.
“Authoritative Copy” shall mean, with respect to an eNote, the unique copy of such eNote that is within the Control of the Controller.
“Bailee Letter” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Custodial Agreement.
“Bankruptcy Code” shall mean the United States Bankruptcy Code of 1978, as amended from time to time.
“Business Day” shall mean a day other than (i) a Saturday or Sunday, (ii) any day on which banking institutions are authorized or required by law, executive order or governmental decree to be closed in the State of New York, the State of California or the State of Florida, or (iii) any day on which the Federal Reserve is closed.
“Buyer” or “Buyers” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble, and shall include its (or their respective) successors in interest and assigns and, with respect to Section 7, its participants.
“Buyer’s Facility Sum” shall have the meaning specified in the Pricing Letter.
“Capital Lease Obligations” shall mean, 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” shall have the meaning specified in the Pricing Letter.
“Central Elements” shall mean and includes the value of a substantial part of the Purchased Mortgage Loans; the prospects for payment of each portion the Repurchase Price, both Purchase Price and Price Differential, when due; the validity or enforceability of this Agreement and the other Facility Documents and, as to any Person referred to in any reference to the Central Elements, such Person’s and its consolidated Subsidiaries’ property, business operations, financial condition and ability to fulfill and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the other Facility Documents to which it is a party, each taken as a whole, and such Person’s prospects of continuing in business as a going concern.
“Change in Control” shall have the meaning specified in the Pricing Letter.
“Closing Protection Letter” shall mean a letter of indemnification from a title insurer addressed to Seller and/or the Administrative Agent or for which the Administrative Agent, on behalf of Buyers, is a third party beneficiary, with coverage that is customarily acceptable to Persons engaged in the origination of mortgage loans, identifying the Settlement Agent covered thereby and indemnifying Seller and the Administrative Agent (directly or as a third party beneficiary) against losses incurred due to malfeasance or fraud by the Settlement Agent or the failure of the Settlement Agent to follow the specific 
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escrow instructions specified by Seller to the Settlement Agent or otherwise by the Administrative Agent with respect to the closing of the Mortgage Loan.  The Closing Protection Letter shall be either with respect to the individual Mortgage Loan being purchased pursuant hereto or a blanket Closing Protection Letter which covers closings conducted by the Settlement Agent in the jurisdiction in which the closing of such Mortgage Loan takes place.
“CLTA” shall mean the California Land Title Association, or any successors thereto.
“Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
“Concentration Category” shall have the meaning specified in the Pricing Letter.
“Concentration Limit” shall mean, for each Concentration Category, the applicable limitation set forth in the Pricing Letter.
“Confidential Terms” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 31 hereof.
“Conforming Mortgage Loan” shall have the meaning set forth in the Pricing Letter.
“Control” of such eNote within the meaning of UETA and/or, as applicable, E-Sign, which is established by reference to the MERS eRegistry and any party designated therein as the Controller. 
“Control Failure” shall mean, with respect to an eNote, (i) if the Controller status of the eNote shall not have been transferred to Administrative Agent, (ii) Administrative Agent shall otherwise not be designated as the Controller of such eNote in the MERS eRegistry (other than pursuant to a Bailee Letter), (iii) if the eVault shall have released the Authoritative Copy of an eNote in contravention of the requirements of the Custodial Agreement, or (iv) if the Custodian initiated any changes on the MERS eRegistry in contravention of the terms of the Custodial Agreement. 
“Controller” shall mean, with respect to an eNote, the party designated in the MERS eRegistry as the “Controller”, and who in such capacity shall be deemed to be “in control” or to be the “controller” of such eNote within the meaning of UETA or E-Sign, as applicable.
“Conventional Mortgage Loan” shall mean a Conforming Mortgage Loan other than a Government Mortgage Loan.
“Co-op Corporation” shall mean, with respect to any Co-op Loan, the cooperative apartment corporation that holds legal title to the related Co-op Project and grants occupancy rights to units therein to stockholders through Proprietary Leases or similar arrangements.
“Co-op Loan” shall mean a Mortgage Loan secured by the pledge of stock allocated to a dwelling unit in a residential cooperative housing corporation and the collateral assignment of the related Proprietary Lease.
“Co-op Project” shall mean, 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.
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“Co-op Shares” shall mean, 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 or certificates.
“Co-op Unit” shall mean, with respect to any Co-op Loan, a specific unit in a Co-op Project.
“Costs” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 15(a) hereof.
“Credit File” shall mean with respect to each Mortgage Loan, the documents and instruments relating to the origination and administration of such Mortgage Loan.
“Custodial Agreement” shall mean that certain Amended and Restated Custodial Agreement dated as of September 11, 2021, between TIAA Bank, Seller and Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. as the same may be amended from time to time.
“Custodial Loan Transmission” shall have the meaning set forth in the Custodial Agreement.
“Custodian” shall mean Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, or any successor thereto under the Custodial Agreement.
“Daily Activity Report” shall mean for each Business Day, the daily activity pursuant to this Agreement reflected on the Warehouse Electronic System, including without limitation, any purchases of Mortgage Loans, any repurchases of Mortgage Loans, any payments received by the Administrative Agent on behalf of itself and Buyers or in the Inbound Account with respect to the Purchased Mortgage Loans, and the activity in each of the Inbound and Haircut Accounts.
“Debt for Borrowed Money Arrangements” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11(o) hereof.
“Default” shall mean an Event of Default or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become an Event of Default.
“Defaulting Buyer” means, subject to Section 36(f), any Buyer that, unless such Buyer has notified the Administrative Agent at least 24 hours in advance, in writing (which may include e-mail), of its intent not to fund Transactions, (a) has failed to (i) fund all its pro rata portion of any Transaction within two (2) Business Days of the date such Transaction was required to be funded hereunder unless such Buyer notifies the Administrative Agent and the Seller in writing that such failure is the result of the Administrative Agent’s determination that one or more conditions precedent to funding (each of which conditions precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing) has not been satisfied, or (ii) pay to the Administrative Agent or any other Buyer any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder within two (2) Business Days of the date when due, (b) has notified the Seller, the Administrative Agent in writing that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations hereunder, or has made a public statement to that effect (unless such writing or public statement relates to such Buyer’s obligation to fund a Mortgage Loan hereunder and states that such position is based on the Administrative Agent’s determination that a condition precedent to funding (which condition precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing or public statement) cannot be satisfied), (c) has failed, within three (3) Business Days after written request by the Administrative Agent or the Seller, to confirm in writing to the Administrative Agent and the Seller that it will comply with its prospective funding obligations hereunder (provided that 
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such Buyer shall cease to be a Defaulting Buyer pursuant to this clause (c) upon receipt of such written confirmation by the Administrative Agent and the Seller), or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become the subject of an Insolvency Event, or (ii) had appointed for it a receiver, custodian, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or assets, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other state or federal regulatory authority acting in such a capacity; provided that a Buyer shall not be a Defaulting Buyer solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interest in that Buyer or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Buyer with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Buyer (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Buyer.  Any determination by the Administrative Agent in consultation with Seller that a Buyer is a Defaulting Buyer under any one or more of clauses (a) through (d) above shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Buyer shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Buyer as of the date established therefore by the Administrative Agent in a written notice of such determination delivered by the Administrative Agent to the Seller and each other Buyer following such determination.
“Defective Mortgage Loan” shall mean a Mortgage Loan (a) which is in foreclosure, has been foreclosed upon or has been converted to real estate owned property, (b) for which the Mortgagor is in bankruptcy, (c) that is not either (i) subject to a valid and binding Takeout Commitment or (ii) unless a Takeout Commitment is required for the applicable Approved Mortgage Product type, covered within Seller’s hedging program, as approved by the Administrative Agent, (d) that is subject to a Takeout Commitment with respect to which Seller or Takeout Investor is in default, (e) that is rejected or excluded for any reason from the related Takeout Commitment by the Takeout Investor, (f) that is not purchased by the Takeout Investor in compliance with the Takeout Commitment at or prior to the expiration or termination of the Takeout Commitment for any reason, or (g) that is not repurchased by Seller in compliance with the provisions of Section 3(d), or (h) which was, but ceases to be, an Eligible Mortgage Loan, including if the representations and warranties set forth in Schedule 1 to this Agreement cease to be true, correct, and complete with respect to such Mortgage Loan.
“Delegatee” shall mean, with respect to an eNote, the party designated in the MERS eRegistry as the “Delegatee” or “Delegatee for Transfers” of the Administrative Agent, who in such capacity is authorized by the Controller to perform certain MERS eRegistry transactions on behalf of the Controller such as Transfers of Control and Transfers of Control and Location.
“Delinquent Mortgage Loan” shall mean any Mortgage Loan as to which any Monthly Payment, or part thereof, remains unpaid for 30 days or more following the original Due Date for such Monthly Payment (using the Mortgage Bankers Association delinquency calculation method).
“Dollars” and “$” shall mean lawful money of the United States of America.
“Due Date” shall mean 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” shall have the meaning specified in the Pricing Letter.
“Due Diligence Costs” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 17 hereof.
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“Due Diligence Review” shall mean the performance by Buyer of any or all of the reviews permitted under Section 17 hereof with respect to Seller, any or all of the Purchased Mortgage Loans, or any Mortgage Loans submitted for purchase hereunder, as desired by Buyer from time to time.
“Effective Date” shall mean the date upon which the conditions precedent set forth in Section 3(a) shall have been satisfied.
“Electronic Agent” shall mean MERSCORP Holdings, Inc., or its successor in interest or assigns.
“Electronic Record” shall mean as the context requires, (i) “Record” and “Electronic Record,” both as defined in E-Sign, and shall include, but not be limited to, recorded telephone conversations, fax copies or electronic transmissions, including, without limitation, those involving the Warehouse Electronic System and (ii) with respect to an eMortgage Loan, the related eNote and all other documents comprising the Mortgage File electronically created and that are stored in an electronic format, if any.
“Electronic Signature” shall have the meaning set forth in E-Sign.
“Electronic Tracking Agreement” shall mean one or more Electronic Tracking Agreements, dated as of March 20, 2014, among the Administrative Agent, Seller, MERS and MERSCORP, Inc., as the same may be amended from time to time, with respect to (x) the tracking of changes in the ownership, mortgage servicers and servicing rights ownership of Purchased Mortgage Loans held on the MERS System, and (y) the tracking of the Control of eNotes held on the MERS eRegistry.
“Electronic Transactions” shall mean transactions conducted using Electronic Records and/or Electronic Signatures or fax copies of signatures.
“Eligible Mortgage Loan” shall mean a Mortgage Loan which (a) is an Approved Mortgage Product, (b) complies with the representations and warranties set forth on Schedule 1 hereto, (c) is not a Defective Mortgage Loan, and (d) is not a Delinquent Mortgage Loan.
“eMortgage Loan” shall mean a Mortgage Loan that is a Conforming Mortgage Loan with respect to which there is an eNote and as to which some or all of the other documents comprising the related Mortgage File may be created electronically and not by traditional paper documentation with a pen and ink signature.
“eNote” shall mean, with respect to any eMortgage Loan, the electronically created and stored Mortgage Note that is a Transferable Record.
“eNote Delivery Requirement” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(c)(v) hereof.
“eNote Replacement Failure” shall have the meaning set forth in the Custodial Agreement.
“EO13224” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11(aa) hereof.
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“ERISA” shall, with respect to any Person, mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time and any successor thereto, and the regulations promulgated and rulings issued thereunder.
“ERISA Affiliate” shall, with respect to any Person, mean any Person which 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 a single employer described in Section 414 of the Code.
“ERISA Liability Threshold” shall have the meaning specified in the Pricing Letter.
“Escrow Amount” shall mean any amounts paid by the Mortgagor or retained by Seller with respect to the Mortgage Loan that constitute escrowed funds, which shall include any amounts representing Escrow Payments or unapplied principal prepayments.
“E-Sign” shall mean the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C. § 7001 et seq.
“eVault” shall mean an electronic repository established and maintained by an eVault Provider for delivery and storage of eNotes.
“eVault Provider” shall mean Document Systems, Inc. d/b/a DocMagic, or its successor in interest or assigns, or such other entity agreed upon by Custodian and Administrative Agent on behalf of Buyers. “Escrow Payments” shall mean, with respect to any Mortgage Loan, the amounts required to be escrowed by the Mortgagor with the mortgagee pursuant to the Mortgage or any other document.
“Event of Default” shall have the meaning specified in Section 13 hereof.
“Event of ERISA Termination” shall mean, with respect to any Person, (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 reporting of the occurrence of such event, or (ii) the withdrawal of such Person 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 such Person 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 430(j) of the Code or Section 303(j) of ERISA, or (iv) the distribution under Section 4041 of ERISA of a notice of intent to terminate any Plan or any action taken by such Person or any ERISA Affiliate thereof to terminate any Plan, or (v) the failure to meet the 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 such Person 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 such Person 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.
“Excess Proceeds” shall mean the excess, if any, of the proceeds received in the Inbound Account with respect to a purchase or repurchase of a Purchased Mortgage Loan over the Repurchase Price for such Purchased Mortgage Loan.
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“Expenses” shall mean all present and future expenses incurred by or on behalf of the Administrative Agent, any Buyer or the Custodian in connection with this Agreement or any of the other Facility Documents and any amendment, supplement or other modification or waiver related hereto or thereto, whether incurred heretofore or hereafter, which expenses shall include without limitation the cost of title, lien, judgment and other record searches; reasonable attorneys’ fees; and costs of preparing and recording any UCC financing statements or other filings necessary to perfect the security interest created hereby.
“Facility Documents” shall mean this Agreement, the Pricing Letter, the TIAA Bank Warehouse Customer Guide, the Electronic Tracking Agreement, the Custodial Agreement, each Servicer Notice, if any, the Power of Attorney, Letters of Understanding between Buyers, and each Subordination Agreement, if any.
“Fannie Mae” shall mean Fannie Mae, or any successor thereto.
“FDIA” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 32 hereof.
“FDICIA” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 32 hereof.
“FHA” shall mean the Federal Housing Administration, an agency within the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, or any successor thereto, and including the Federal Housing Commissioner and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development where appropriate under the FHA Regulations.
“FHA Loan” shall mean a Mortgage Loan which is the subject of an FHA Mortgage Insurance Certificate.
“FHA Mortgage Insurance Certificate” shall mean the certificate evidencing the contractual obligation of the FHA respecting the insurance of a Mortgage Loan.
“FHA Regulations” shall mean 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” shall mean Fair Isaac Corporation, or any successor thereto.
“Fidelity Insurance” shall mean, collectively, whether or not provided in the same policy or policies, 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 the Administrative Agent.
“Fidelity Insurance Requirement” shall have the meaning specified in the Pricing Letter.
“Financial Condition Covenants” shall mean each of the covenants set forth in Section 3 of the Pricing Letter.
“Financial Reporting Party” shall have the meaning specified in the Pricing Letter.
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“Financial Statements” shall mean the consolidated financial statements of the Financial Reporting Party prepared in accordance with GAAP for the year or other period then ended. Such financial statements will be audited, in the case of annual statements, by an Approved CPA.
“FMV Adjustments” shall have the meaning specified in the Pricing Letter. 
“Freddie Mac” shall mean Freddie Mac, or any successor thereto.
“Funding Share” shall mean, for each Buyer, that proportion of the sum of the original Purchase Price for any Mortgage Loan to be purchased in a Transaction that bears the same ratio to the total amount of such sum as that Buyer’s Facility Sum bears to the Maximum Purchase Amount.
“GAAP” shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, applied on a consistent basis and applied to both classification of items and amounts, and shall include, without limitation, the official interpretations thereof by the Financial Accounting Standards Board, its predecessors and successors.
“Ginnie Mae” shall mean the Government National Mortgage Association, or any successor thereto.
“Ginnie Mae Guide” shall mean the Ginnie Mae Mortgage-Backed Securities Guide I or II, as such guide may hereafter from time to time be amended.
“Government Mortgage Loan” shall mean a first Lien Mortgage Loan that is (a) eligible for FHA mortgage insurance and is so insured, is subject to, or an application has been or will be submitted for, a binding and enforceable commitment for such insurance pursuant to the provisions of the National Housing Act, as amended, and is originated in strict compliance with the requirements of Ginnie Mae and is eligible for inclusion in a Ginnie Mae mortgage-backed security pool;  (b) eligible to be guaranteed by the VA and is so guaranteed, is subject to, or an application has been or will be submitted for, a binding and enforceable commitment for such guarantee pursuant to the provisions of the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act, as amended, and is otherwise eligible for inclusion in a Ginnie Mae mortgage-backed security pool; (c) is an RD Loan; or (d) eligible to be guaranteed by the United States Department of Agriculture and is so guaranteed, is subject to, or an application has been or will be submitted for, a binding and enforceable commitment for such guarantee.
“Governmental Authority” shall mean any nation or government, any state, county, municipality or other political subdivision thereof or any governmental body, agency, authority, department or commission (including, without limitation, any taxing authority) or any instrumentality or officer of any of the foregoing (including, without limitation, any court or tribunal) exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government and any corporation, partnership or other entity directly or indirectly owned by or controlled by the foregoing (including without limitation the Appropriate Federal Banking Agency).
“Guarantee” shall mean, 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 endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business.  The amount of any Guarantee of a Person shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the 
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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.
“Haircut Account” shall mean the account established pursuant to Section 9(e) hereof.
“Haircut Amount” shall mean the excess of the outstanding principal balance of the Purchased Mortgage Loan being purchased on the Purchase Date over the Purchase Price for such Purchased Mortgage Loan.
“Hash Value” shall mean, with respect to an eNote, the unique, tamper-evident digital signature of such eNote that is stored with MERS.
“Hedge Agreement” shall mean, with respect to any Mortgage Loans, any short sale of a United States Treasury Security, or futures contract, or mortgage related security, or Eurodollar futures contract, or options related contract, or interest rate swap, cap or collar agreement, or similar arrangement providing for protection against fluctuations in interest rates or the exchange of nominal or notional interest obligations, either generally or under specific contingencies, entered into by Seller with a party and with terms, both reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent.
“High Cost Mortgage Loan” shall mean a mortgage loan classified as (a) a “high cost” or “higher priced” loan under the Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act of 1994 or (b) a “high cost,” “high risk,” “high rate,” “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).
“HomeStyle Renovation Mortgage Loans” shall mean a Mortgage Loan that fully conforms to Fannie Mae’s HomeStyle Renovation mortgage loan program (as such program is amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, from time to time), and is referred to as a “HomeStyle®  Renovation Mortgage” by Fannie Mae.
“HomePath Renovation Mortgage Loans” shall mean a Mortgage Loan that fully conforms to Fannie Mae’s HomePath mortgage loan program (as such program is amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time), and is referred to as a “HomePath Mortgage” by Fannie Mae; provided, that such HomePath mortgage loan is not a “HomePath Renovation Mortgage” pursuant to the terms of such HomePath mortgage loan program.
“Hsieh Investors” shall mean each of the JLSSAA Trust, established September 4, 2014, JLSA, LLC, Trilogy Mortgage Holdings, Inc., Trilogy Management Investors Six, LLC, Trilogy Management Investors Seven, LLC and Trilogy Management Investors Eight, LLC and each of their respective affiliates.
“HUD” shall mean the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
“Inbound Account” shall mean the account established pursuant to Section 9(d) hereof.
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“Income” shall mean, with respect to any Mortgage Loan at any time, any principal thereof then payable, and all interest, dividends or other distributions payable thereon and all proceeds thereof.
“Indebtedness” shall mean, with respect to any Person, total liabilities, as reported on that Person’s balance sheet, and calculated in accordance with GAAP.
“Indemnified Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 15(a) hereof.
“Initial Haircut Account Funded Amount” shall mean, with respect to any Purchased Mortgage Loan, the amount deposited by Seller into the Haircut Account on or prior to the related Purchase Date, which amount shall equal the Haircut Amount plus any Escrow Amount related to the Purchased Mortgage Loan.
“Insolvency Event” shall mean, for any Person:
(a)    that such Person shall discontinue or abandon operation of its mortgage origination business; or
(b)    that such Person shall fail generally to, or admit in writing its inability to, pay its debts as they become due; or
(c)    a proceeding shall have been instituted in a court having jurisdiction in the premises seeking a decree or order for relief in respect of such Person in an involuntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation, reorganization or other similar Requirements of Law now or hereafter in effect, or for the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or other similar official of such Person, or for any substantial part of its property, or for the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs; or
(d)    the commencement by such Person of a voluntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar Requirements of Law now or hereafter in effect, or such Person’s consent to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such Requirements of Law, or consent to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or other similar official of such Person, or for any substantial part of its property, or any general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or
(e)    that such Person shall become “insolvent” as such term is defined in Section 101(32)(A) of the Bankruptcy Code; or
(f)    if such Person is a corporation, such Person shall take any corporate action in furtherance of, or the action of which would result in, any of the actions set forth in the preceding clauses (a), (b), (c), (d) or (e).
“Interest Expense” shall mean, for any period, total interest expense (including that attributable to Capital Lease Obligations) of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period with respect to all outstanding Indebtedness of such Person and its Subsidiaries (including, without limitation, all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed by such Person with respect to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptance financing and net costs of such Person under Hedge Agreements in respect of interest rates to the extent such net costs are allocable to such period in accordance with GAAP).
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“LIBOR” shall mean the London interbank offered rate. 
“LIBOR Floor” shall have the meaning set forth in the Pricing Letter.
“LIBOR Rate” shall mean, with respect to each day a Transaction is outstanding, the rate (expressed as a percentage) per annum for deposits in Dollars equal to the greater of (a) the rate appearing at Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page (or such other page as may replace the Reuters LIBOR01 Page on such service or on any successor or substitute page of such service, or any successor to or substitute for such service, providing rate quotations comparable to those currently provided on such page of such service, as determined by the Buyers from time to time for the purpose of displaying LIBOR for U.S. Dollar deposits) as one month LIBOR on such date (and if such date is not a Business Day, LIBOR in effect on the Business Day immediately preceding such date), and (b) the LIBOR Floor.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (i) LIBOR ceases to exist or be published by ICE Benchmark Administration Limited (or any successor or substitute), (ii) there is a material disruption to LIBOR, including but not limited to other lenders in the industry switching from LIBOR to another interest rate, (iii) there is a change in the methodology of calculating LIBOR or (iv) in the reasonable expectation of the Buyers, any of the events specified in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) will occur; then the rate for the applicable interest period will be the alternative benchmark rate that has been mutually selected by the Buyers and the Seller giving due consideration any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a rate of interest as a replacement to LIBOR Rate for U.S. dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time.  In order to account for the relationship of the replacement index to the original LIBOR, such alternate method will incorporate any spread to any replacement index as is necessary to ensure that Seller and the Buyers are in a similar economic position as the original LIBOR rate.  Prior to the Termination Date, Buyers shall notify Seller of the replacement index and spread to ensure both Buyers and Seller remain in the similar economic position.
“Lien” shall mean any lien, claim, charge, restriction, pledge, security interest, mortgage, deed of trust or other encumbrance.
“Litigation Threshold” shall have the meaning specified in the Pricing Letter.
“Loan-to-Value Ratio” or “LTV” shall mean with respect to any Mortgage Loan, the ratio of the original outstanding principal amount of the Mortgage Loan to the Appraised Value of the Mortgaged Property at origination.
“Location” shall mean, with respect to an eNote, the location of such eNote which is established by reference to the MERS eRegistry.
“Manufactured Housing Mortgage Loan” shall have the meaning specified in the Pricing Letter.
“Margin Call” shall have the meaning specified in Section 4.
“Margin Deficit” shall have the meaning specified in Section 4.
“Market Value” shall mean, as of any date with respect to any Purchased Mortgage Loan, the price at which such Mortgage Loan could readily be sold as determined by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion,  provided, however, that the “Market Value” of any Mortgage Loan that is not an Eligible Mortgage Loan is zero.
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“Material Adverse Effect” shall mean a material adverse effect on (a) the Property, business, operations, financial condition or prospects of Seller or any Affiliate, (b) the ability of Seller or any Affiliate to perform its obligations under any of the Facility Documents to which it is a party, (c) the validity or enforceability of any of the Facility Documents, (d) the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent, any Buyer or any Affiliate under any of the Facility Documents, (e) the timely payment of any amounts payable under the Facility Documents, or (f) the Asset Value of the Purchased Mortgage Loans taken as a whole.
“Maximum Purchase Amount” shall have the meaning specified in the Pricing Letter.
“MERS” shall mean Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, or any successor thereto.
“MERS eDelivery” shall mean the transmission system operated by the Electronic Agent that is used to deliver eNotes, other Electronic Records and data from one MERS eRegistry member to another using a system-to-system interface and conforming to the standards of the MERS eRegistry.
“MERS eRegistry” shall mean the electronic registry operated by the Electronic Agent that acts as the legal system of record that identifies the Controller, Delegatee and Location of the Authoritative Copy of registered eNotes. 
“MERS System” shall mean the system of recording transfers of mortgages electronically maintained by MERS.
“Monthly Compliance Certificate” shall mean a certificate in the form of Exhibit A to the Pricing Letter and certified by an executive officer of the Financial Reporting Party.
“Monthly Payment” shall mean the scheduled monthly payment of principal and interest on a Mortgage Loan.
“Monthly Financial Statement Date” shall have the meaning specified in the Pricing Letter.
“Mortgage” shall mean each mortgage, assignment of rents, security agreement and fixture filing, deed of trust, deed to secure debt, or similar instrument creating and evidencing a lien on real property and other property and rights incidental thereto, unless such Mortgage is granted in connection with a Co-op Loan, in which case the first lien position is in the Co-op Shares of the subject Co-op Corporation and in the tenant’s rights in the Proprietary Lease relating to such Co-op Shares.
“Mortgage File” shall mean, with respect to a Mortgage Loan, the documents and instruments relating to such Mortgage Loan and set forth in the TIAA Bank Warehouse Customer Guide and the Custodial Agreement.
“Mortgage Interest Rate” shall mean the rate of interest borne on a Mortgage Loan from time to time in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Note.
“Mortgage Loan” shall mean any first lien, one-to-four-family residential mortgage loan evidenced by a Mortgage Note and secured by a Mortgage.
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“Mortgage Loan Schedule” shall mean with respect to any Transaction as of any date, a mortgage loan schedule in the form of a computer tape or other electronic medium generated by Seller and delivered to the Administrative Agent via the Warehouse Electronic System and to Custodian as specified in the Custodial Agreement, which provides information (including, without limitation, the information required pursuant to the TIAA Bank Warehouse Customer Guide) relating to the Purchased Mortgage Loans in a format required pursuant to the TIAA Bank Warehouse Customer Guide.
“Mortgage Note” shall mean the promissory note or other evidence of the indebtedness of a Mortgagor secured by a Mortgage.
“Mortgaged Property” shall mean the real property securing repayment, or other Co-op Loan collateral, of the debt evidenced by a Mortgage Note.
“Mortgagor” shall mean the obligor or obligors on a Mortgage Note, including any Person who has assumed or guaranteed the obligations of the obligor thereunder.
“MSR Value” shall mean, as of any date of determination, the value of Seller’s Servicing Rights, as determined by an independent third party.  Should Seller fail to timely deliver a Servicing Rights Appraisal to Sellers, the MSR Value may be determined by the Buyers in a commercially reasonable manner.
“Multiemployer Plan” shall mean, with respect to any Person, a “multiemployer plan” as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA which is or was at any time during the current year or the immediately preceding five years contributed to (or required to be contributed to) by such Person or any ERISA Affiliate thereof on behalf of its employees and which is covered by Title IV of ERISA.
“Net Account Funded Amount” shall mean, for each Purchased Mortgage Loan, the Initial Haircut Account Funded Amount minus the Haircut Amount withdrawn from the Haircut Account by the Administrative Agent plus all additional amounts received in the Haircut Account related to the applicable Purchased Mortgage Loan, including amounts on account of Repurchase Price (including, without duplication, Excess Proceeds) minus any Shortfall Proceeds withdrawn by the Administrative Agent on account of the applicable Purchased Mortgage Loan, minus all Warehouse Fees withdrawn by the Administrative Agent on account of the applicable Purchased Mortgage Loan minus any additional amounts withdrawn by the Administrative Agent as permitted under Section 9(e) or otherwise, and attributed (in the sole discretion of the Administrative Agent) to such Purchased Mortgage Loan.
“Net Income” shall mean, for any Person for any period, the net income of such Person for such period as determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Net Worth” shall have the meaning specified in the Pricing Letter.
“Non-Defaulting Buyer” shall mean, at any time, each Buyer that is not a Defaulting Buyer at such time.
“Non-Excluded Taxes” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(a) hereof.
“Obligations” shall mean: (a) any amounts owed by Seller to the Buyers in connection with a Transaction hereunder, together with interest thereon (including interest which would be payable as post-petition interest in connection with any bankruptcy or similar proceeding) and all other fees or expenses which are payable hereunder or under any of the Facility Documents; and (b) all other 
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obligations or amounts owed by Seller to the Administrative Agent, any Buyer or an Affiliate of Buyer under this Agreement, in each case, whether such amounts or obligations owed are direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured.
“OFAC” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11(aa) hereof.
“Other Taxes” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(b) hereof.
“Parthenon Investors” shall mean each of Parthenon Investors III, L.P., PCap Associates, Parthenon Capital Partners Fund, L.P., Parthenon Investors IV, L.P., Parthenon Capital Partners Fund II, L.P. and PCP Managers, L.P. each of their respective affiliates.
“Participant” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 18(d) hereof.
“Participant Register” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 18(d) hereof.
“PBGC” shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any entity succeeding to any or all of its functions under ERISA.
“Pension Protection Act” shall mean the Pension Protection Act of 2006.
“Permitted Holders” shall mean any of the Hsieh Investors and the Parthenon Investors.
“Person” shall mean any individual, corporation, company, voluntary association, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, trust, unincorporated association or government (or any agency, instrumentality or political subdivision thereof).
“Plan” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any employee benefit or similar plan that is or was at any time during the current year or immediately preceding five years established, maintained or contributed to by such Person or any ERISA Affiliate thereof and that is covered by Title IV of ERISA, other than a Multiemployer Plan.
“Pledge Instruments” shall mean the Assignment of Proprietary Lease and the stock power related to the Co-op Shares.
“Post-Default Rate” shall have the meaning specified in the Pricing Letter.
“Power of Attorney” shall mean a Power of Attorney substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto.
“Price Differential” shall mean, with respect to any Transaction hereunder as of any date, the aggregate amount obtained by daily application of the Pricing Rate (or, during the continuation of an Event of Default, by daily application of the Post-Default Rate) for such Transaction to the Purchase Price for such Transaction on a 360 day per year basis for the actual number of days during the Price Differential Collection Period (reduced by any amount of such Price Differential previously paid by Seller to Buyers with respect to such Transaction).
“Price Differential Collection Period” shall mean, with respect to any Transaction hereunder as of any date, the period commencing on (and including) the Purchase Date for such Transaction and ending on (but excluding) the Repurchase Date.
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“Pricing Letter” shall mean that certain amended and restated letter agreement between the Administrative Agent, Buyers and Seller, dated as of the date hereof, as the same may be further amended from time to time.
“Pricing Rate” shall mean a rate per annum equal to the sum of (a) the LIBOR Rate plus (b) the Pricing Spread.
“Pricing Spread” shall have the meaning specified in the Pricing Letter.
“Prohibited Person” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11(aa) hereof.
“Property” shall mean any right or interest in or to property of any kind whatsoever, whether real, personal or mixed and whether tangible or intangible.
“Proprietary Lease” shall mean the lease of a Co-op Unit evidencing the possessory interest of the owner of the Co-op Shares in such Co-op Unit.
“PTEs” shall mean the prohibited transaction class exemptions issued by the U.S. Department of Labor, as such exemptions may be amended from time to time. 
“Purchase Date” shall mean the date on which Purchased Mortgage Loans are transferred by Seller to Buyers or their respective permitted designees.
“Purchase Price” shall have the meaning specified in the Pricing Letter.
“Purchase Price Percentage” shall have the meaning specified in the Pricing Letter.
“Purchased Mortgage Loan” shall mean each Mortgage Loan sold by Seller to Buyers in a Transaction, as reflected in the Warehouse Electronic System and as evidenced by the Daily Activity Report, until repurchased by Seller in accordance with the terms hereof.
“RD Loan” shall mean a mortgage loan guaranteed by the United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development.
“Recognition Agreement” shall mean an agreement among a Co-op Corporation, a lender, and a Mortgagor with respect to a Co-op Loan whereby such parties (i) acknowledge that such lender may make, or intends to make, such Co-op Loan, and (ii) make certain agreements with respect to such Co-op Loan.
“Records” shall mean 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 Mortgage Loan.  Records shall include the Mortgage Notes, any Mortgages, the Mortgage Files, the credit files related to a Mortgage Loan and any other instruments necessary to document or service a Mortgage Loan.
“Register” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 19(b) hereof.
“Regulations T, U and X” shall mean Regulations T, U and X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any successor), as the same may be modified and supplemented and in effect from time to time.
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“Related Parties” shall mean, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees, administrators, managers, advisors and representatives of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.
“Relative” shall have the meaning specified in the Pricing Letter.
“Repair Set Aside Account” shall mean funds held by Seller with respect to a Mortgage Loan necessary for disbursement after closing in order to pay for required repairs to the Mortgaged Property pursuant to the Requirements of Law, contractual obligations of either party (including those contained in this Agreement), or Takeout Investor or insurer requirements.
“Reportable Event” shall mean any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA, other than those events as to which the thirty day notice period is waived under subsections .21, .22, .24, .26, .27 or .28 of PBGC Reg. § 4043.
“Repurchase Assets” shall have the meaning provided in Section 8(a) hereof.
“Repurchase Date” shall mean the date on which Seller is to repurchase the Purchased Mortgage Loans, or any particular Purchased Mortgage Loan, subject to a Transaction from Buyers, which shall be the earliest of (a) the date specified in the related Transaction Request, (b) the date specified pursuant to Section 3(d)(i), (c) a date no later than the applicable Aging Limit, (d) one (1) Business Day after such Purchased Mortgage Loan is no longer an Eligible Mortgage Loan, (e) the Termination Date, or (f) any date determined by application of the provisions of Sections 3(d) or 14.
“Repurchase Price” shall mean the price at which Purchased Mortgage Loans are to be transferred from Buyers or their respective permitted designees to Seller upon termination of a Transaction, which will be determined in each case as to any Purchased Mortgage Loan as the sum of (a) the Purchase Price for such Purchased Mortgage Loan as of the date of such determination, plus (b) any accrued and unpaid Price Differential with respect to such Purchased Mortgage Loan as of the date of such determination, plus (c) any other accrued and unpaid fees, expenses, indemnities, and other amounts then due and owing to Buyers with respect to such Purchased Mortgage Loan.
“Required Buyers” shall mean, at any time, Buyers whose Buyer’s Facility Sums comprise equal to or more than 40% of the Maximum Purchase Amount under this Agreement; provided, for purposes of this definition, that at any time there is more than one Buyer (excluding Defaulting Buyers), “Required Buyers” shall include at least two Buyers.  The Buyer’s Facility Sum and the ownership percentage of the Purchased Mortgage Loans of any Defaulting Buyer shall be disregarded in determining Required Buyers at any time.  To the extent that any action is required by Buyers under this Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall so coordinate such action.
“Requirements of Law” shall mean as to any Person, the certificate of incorporation and bylaws or other organizational or governing documents of such Person, and any law, treaty, rule, regulation, procedure or determination of an arbitrator or a court or other Governmental Authority, in each case 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” shall mean, as to the Administrative Agent, any Buyer and Seller, respectively, an officer or other authorized representative of such Person listed on Schedule 3 to the Pricing Letter, as such Schedule 3 may be amended from time to time.
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“Restricted Cash” shall mean for any Person, any amount of cash or Cash Equivalents of such Person that is contractually required to be set aside, segregated or otherwise reserved.
“SEC” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 31 hereof.
“Seller” shall have the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement, and includes any permitted successor in interest thereto.
“Servicer Notice” shall mean a notice acknowledged by each Subservicer, if any, substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto.
“Servicing Agent” shall mean, with respect to an eNote, the field entitled, “Servicing Agent” in the MERS eRegistry
“Servicing Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 16(c) hereof.
“Servicing Rights” shall mean the rights of any Person to administer, service or subservice Mortgage Loans, to collect Income thereon, or to possess related Records. 
“Servicing Rights Appraisal” shall mean the written evaluation of the value of the Servicing Rights conducted by an independent third party in form and substance substantially as set forth in Exhibit D attached hereto.
“Settlement Agent” shall mean, with respect to any Transaction, the entity approved by the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, which may be a title company, escrow company or attorney in accordance with local law and practice in the jurisdiction where the proceeds of the related Mortgage Loan are being disbursed.
“Shortfall Proceeds” shall mean the shortfall, if any, between the proceeds received in the Inbound Account with respect to a purchase or repurchase of a Purchased Mortgage Loan and the Repurchase Price for such Purchased Mortgage Loan.
“Single-Employer Plan” shall mean a single-employer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(15) of ERISA which is subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA.
“SIPA” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 33 hereof.
“State Agency Program Loan” shall have the meaning specified in the Pricing Letter.
“Subordinated Debt” shall mean, Indebtedness of Seller (i) which is unsecured, (ii) 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) the payment of the principal of and interest on such Indebtedness and other obligations of Seller in respect of such Indebtedness is 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 the Buyers hereunder on terms and conditions approved in writing by the Buyers and all other terms and conditions of which are satisfactory in form and substance to the Buyers in its sole and absolute discretion.  Subordinated Debt, if any, outstanding as of the Effective Date is as set forth on Schedule 6 to the Pricing Letter.
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“Subordination Agreement” shall mean an agreement among the Buyers, Seller, and all applicable third parties, as the same may be amended from time to time, which satisfies the requirements of clause (iii) of the definition of “Subordinated Debt.”
“Subservicer” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 16(c) hereof, and includes the permitted successors and assigns of each such Person, including any Successor Servicer.  The Subservicer, if any, on the Effective Date is identified on Schedule 5 to the Pricing Letter.
“Subsidiary” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any corporation, partnership or other entity of which at least a majority of the securities or other ownership interests having by the terms thereof ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors or other persons performing similar functions of such corporation, partnership or other entity (irrespective of whether or not at the time securities or other ownership interests of any other class or classes of such corporation, partnership or other entity shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency) is at the time directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such Person or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person or by such Person and one or more Subsidiaries of such Person.
“Successor Servicer” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 16(h) hereof.
“Surplus Amount” shall have the meaning specified in the Pricing Letter.
“Takeout Commitment” shall mean a commitment of Seller to sell one or more Mortgage Loans to a Takeout Investor, and the corresponding Takeout Investor’s commitment back to Seller to effectuate the foregoing.
“Takeout Investor” shall mean any institution which has made a Takeout Commitment and has been approved by the Administrative Agent, in its sole and absolute discretion.
“Takeout Investor Purchase Advice” shall mean a summary of the purchase and sale of a Purchased Mortgage Loan to a Takeout Investor, which shall be in form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent and shall specify the proceeds to be paid by the Takeout Investor and shall direct such proceeds to be paid into the Inbound Account.
“Taxes” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(a) hereof.
“Termination Date” shall have the meaning specified in the Pricing Letter.
“Test Date” shall have the meaning specified in the Pricing Letter.
“TIAA Bank” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble. 
“TIAA Bank Warehouse Customer Guide” shall mean the guidelines and other information provided to Seller by the Administrative Agent from time to time, setting forth the policies and procedures to be followed by Seller when utilizing the facility contemplated under this Agreement, including without limitation information and parameters input into the Warehouse Electronic System regarding LTV limitations as established by the Administrative Agent from time to time.
“Transaction” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.
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“Transaction Request” shall mean a request from Seller to the Administrative Agent to enter into a Transaction, which shall be submitted electronically to the Administrative Agent through the Warehouse Electronic System in accordance with the TIAA Bank Warehouse Customer Guide and to Custodian in accordance with the Custodial Agreement.
“Transaction Term Limitation” shall have the meaning specified in the Pricing Letter.
“Transfer of Control” shall mean, with respect to an eNote, a MERS eRegistry transfer transaction used to request a change to the current Controller of such eNote.
“Transfer of Control and Location” shall mean, with respect to an eNote, a MERS eRegistry transfer transaction used to request a change to the current Controller and Location of such eNote.
“Transfer of Location” shall mean, with respect to an eNote, a MERS eRegistry transfer transaction used to request a change to the current Location of such eNote.
“Transferable Record” shall mean an Electronic Record under E-Sign and UETA that (i) would be a note under the Uniform Commercial Code if the Electronic Record were in writing, (ii) the issuer of the Electronic Record has expressly agreed is a “transferable record”, and (iii) for purposes of E-Sign, relates to a loan secured by real property.
“Trust Receipt” shall have the meaning set forth in the Custodial Agreement.
“UETA” shall mean the Official Text of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act as approved by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws at its Annual Conference on July 29, 1999.
“Unauthorized Servicing Agent Modification” shall mean, with respect to an eNote, a Transfer of Location, Transfer of Servicing Agent or a change in any other information, status or data initiated by the Servicing Agent or a vendor of the Servicing Agent with respect to such eNote on the MERS eRegistry. 


“Underwriting Guidelines” shall mean 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, as in effect from time to time, a copy of which shall have been provided to the Buyers as required hereunder and such other guidelines as are identified and approved in writing by the Buyers.
“Uniform Commercial Code” or “UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of New York; provided that if by reason of mandatory provisions of law, the perfection or the effect of perfection or nonperfection of the security interest in any Repurchase Assets or the continuation, renewal or enforcement thereof is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a jurisdiction other than New York, “Uniform Commercial Code” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such perfection or effect of perfection or nonperfection.
“USPAP Guidelines” shall mean the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice, as approved by the Appraisal Standards Board of The Appraisal Foundation, as revised, interpreted and amended from time to time.
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“VA” shall mean the Department of Veterans Affairs, or any successors thereto.
“VA Loan” shall mean a first lien Mortgage Loan which is subject to a guarantee by the VA under a VA Loan Guaranty Agreement, or is subject to a current binding and enforceable commitment for such guarantee pursuant to the provisions of the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act, as amended, was originated in strict compliance with VA Regulations and the Ginnie Mae Guide, is eligible for inclusion in a Ginnie Mae mortgage-backed security pool, and unless otherwise agreed to by Administrative Agent in its sole discretion, does not exceed the applicable maximum mortgage limits as set forth in the VA Regulations.
“VA Loan Guaranty Agreement” shall mean 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, together with all amendments, modifications, supplements and restatements thereto.
“VA Regulations” shall mean Regulations promulgated by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs pursuant to the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act, as amended, codified in 38 Code of Federal Regulations, and other VA issuances relating to Government Mortgage Loans, including related handbooks, circulars and notices. 
“Warehouse Electronic System” shall mean the system utilized by the Administrative Agent either directly, or through its vendors, and which may be accessed by Seller in connection with delivering and obtaining information and requests as described further in the TIAA Bank Warehouse Customer Guide.
“Warehouse Facility” shall mean any loan, repurchase or other arrangement for incurring Indebtedness secured by Seller’s Mortgage Loans.
“Warehouse Fees” shall have the meaning specified in the Pricing Letter.
“Wet Delivery Deadline” shall have the meaning specified in the Pricing Letter.
“Wet File” shall mean, with respect to a Wet Mortgage Loan, the documents and instruments relating to such Mortgage Loan and set forth in the TIAA Bank Warehouse Customer Guide for Wet Mortgage Loans.
“Wet Mortgage Loan” shall mean an Eligible Mortgage Loan which Seller is selling to Buyers simultaneously with the origination thereof and for which the Mortgage File has not been delivered to Custodian.
SECTION 3.    INITIATION; TERMINATION
(a)    Conditions Precedent to Initial Transaction.  Each Buyer’s agreement to enter into the initial Transaction hereunder is subject to the satisfaction, immediately prior to or concurrently with the making of such Transaction, of the condition precedent that the Administrative Agent shall have received from Seller any fees and expenses payable hereunder, and all of the following documents, each of which shall be satisfactory to Buyers and their counsel in form and substance:
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(i)    The following Facility Documents, duly executed and delivered to the Administrative Agent:
(A)    Agreement.  This Agreement, duly executed by the parties thereto.
(B)    Electronic Tracking Agreement.  The Electronic Tracking Agreement and any and all similar agreements executed in connection with the Existing MRA shall remain in in full force and effect.
(C)    Pricing Letter.  The Pricing Letter, duly executed by the parties thereto in form and substance acceptable to Buyer.
(D)    Custodial Agreement.  The Custodial Agreement and any and all similar agreements executed in connection with the Existing MRA shall remain in in full force and effect.
(E)    Power of Attorney.  The Power of Attorney, duly executed  and acknowledged by Seller.
(F)    Subordination Agreements.  The Subordination Agreements and any and all similar agreements executed in connection with the Existing MRA shall remain in in full force and effect.
(G)    Intercreditor Agreement.  Any and all intercreditor agreements and any and all similar agreements executed in connection with the Existing MRA shall remain in in full force and effect.
(H)    Servicing Agreement(s).  The Servicing Agreement(s) and any and all similar agreements executed in connection with the Existing MRA shall remain in in full force and effect.
(ii)    Organizational Documents.  A certificate of corporate or other applicable entity existence of Seller that is not an individual and certified copies of the charter and bylaws (or equivalent documents) of Seller and of all corporate or other applicable authority documents for Seller with respect to the execution, delivery and performance of the Facility Documents and each other document to be delivered by Seller from time to time in connection herewith.
(iii)    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 10 Business Days prior to the Purchase Date with respect to the initial Transaction hereunder.
(iv)    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 Facility Documents.
(v)    Opinion of Counsel.  An opinion of Seller’s counsel, in form and substance substantially as set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto.
(vi)    Security Interest.  Evidence that all other actions necessary or, in the opinion of the Administrative Agent, desirable to perfect and protect the Buyers’ interest in the Purchased 
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Mortgage Loans and other Repurchase Assets have been taken, including, without limitation, UCC searches and duly authorized and filed Uniform Commercial Code financing statements on Form UCC-1.
(vii)    Insurance.  Evidence that Seller has added endorsements for theft of warehouse lender money and collateral, naming the Administrative Agent, as agent for the Buyers, as a loss payee under its Fidelity Insurance and as a direct loss payee/right of action under its errors and omissions insurance policy.
(viii)    Fees.  Payment of any fees and other costs and expenses due to Buyers and the Administrative Agent if required to be paid on the related Purchase Date by Section 7 of the Pricing Letter and to Custodian under the Custodial Agreement.
(ix)    Other Documents.  Such other documents as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request on behalf of itself or either Buyer, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
(b)    Conditions Precedent to all Transactions.  Upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 3(a), Buyers through the Administrative Agent may, in their discretion, enter into a Transaction with Seller. Entry into each Transaction (including the initial Transaction) is subject to the satisfaction of the following further conditions precedent, both immediately prior to entering into such Transaction and also after giving effect thereto to the intended use thereof:
(i)    Due Diligence Review.  Without limiting the generality of Section 17 hereof, Buyers shall have completed, to their satisfaction, any due diligence review of the related Mortgage Loans and Seller Parties.
(ii)    No Default.  No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing under, and such Transaction is in full compliance with all applicable terms and conditions of, the Facility Documents.
(iii)    Representations and Warranties.  Both immediately prior to the Transaction and also after giving effect thereto and to the intended use thereof, the representations and warranties made by Seller in Section 11 hereof and by Seller in any other Facility Document to which it is  a party, 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).
(iv)    Maximum Purchase Price.  After giving effect to the requested Transaction, the aggregate outstanding Purchase Price for all Purchased Mortgage Loans subject to then outstanding Transactions under this Agreement shall not exceed the Maximum Purchase Amount and the portion of the outstanding Purchase Price allocable to each Buyer shall not exceed such Buyer’s Facility Sum.
(v)    No Margin Deficit.  Both immediately prior to, and after giving effect to, the requested Transaction, there shall be no Margin Deficit.
(vi)    Transaction Request.  Seller shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent, in accordance with the timeframes and in the manner set forth in the TIAA Bank Warehouse Customer Guide, and to Custodian, in accordance with the timeframes and in the manner set forth 
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in the Custodial Agreement, (a) a Transaction Request and (b) a Mortgage Loan Schedule with respect to all Mortgage Loans subject to the requested Transaction.
(vii)    Delivery of Wet File and Mortgage File. Seller shall have delivered to Custodian, in accordance with the timeframes set forth in the Custodial Agreement, with respect to each Mortgage Loan subject to the requested Transaction (a) which is not a Wet Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage File with respect to each such Mortgage Loan and (b) with respect to each Wet Mortgage Loan, (1) the Wet File with respect to each such Mortgage Loan and (2) on or prior to the Wet Delivery Deadline, the Mortgage File.
(viii)    Delivery of Trust Receipt.  Custodian shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent, in accordance with the timeframes set forth in the Custodial Agreement, a Trust Receipt (accompanied by a Custodial Loan Transmission) with respect to each Mortgage Loan subject to the requested Transaction.
(ix)    Fees and Expenses.  Buyers and the Administrative Agent shall have received all fees and expenses of counsel to the Buyers as contemplated by Sections 9 and 15(b), which amounts, at the Administrative Agent’s option, may be withheld from the proceeds remitted by the Administrative Agent to Seller pursuant to any Transaction hereunder.
(x)    No Material Adverse Change.  None of the following shall have occurred and/or be continuing:
(A)    an event or events shall have occurred in the good faith determination of the Administrative Agent resulting in the effective absence of a “repo market” or comparable “lending market” for financing debt obligations secured by securities or an event or events shall have occurred resulting in any Buyer not being able to finance Purchased Mortgage Loans through the “repo market” or “lending market” with traditional counterparties at rates which would have been reasonable prior to the occurrence of such event or events; or
(B)    an event or events shall have occurred resulting in the effective absence of a “securities market” for securities backed by mortgage loans or an event or events shall have occurred resulting in any 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
(C)    there shall have occurred a material adverse change in the financial condition of any Buyer which affects (or can reasonably be expected to affect) materially and adversely the ability of any Buyer to fund its obligations under this Agreement; or
(D)    there shall have occurred (i) a material change in financial markets, an outbreak or escalation of hostilities or a material change in national or international political, financial or economic conditions; (ii) a general suspension of trading on major stock exchanges; or (iii) a disruption in or moratorium on commercial banking activities or securities settlement services.
Each Transaction Request delivered by Seller hereunder shall constitute a certification by Seller that all the conditions set forth in this Section 3(b) (other than clauses (i) and (x) hereof) have been satisfied (both as of the date of such notice or request and as of Purchase Date).
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(c)    Initiation.
(i)    Seller shall deliver a Transaction Request to the Administrative Agent through the Warehouse Electronic System as specified in the TIAA Bank Warehouse Customer Guide and to Custodian as specified in the Custodial Agreement prior to entering into any Transaction.  Such Transaction Request shall include all information required by the Administrative Agent pursuant to the TIAA Bank Warehouse Customer Guide and by Custodian pursuant to the Custodial Agreement. Following receipt of such request, Buyers, through the Administrative Agent, may in their sole discretion agree to enter into such requested Transaction, in which case Buyers, through the Administrative Agent will fund the Purchase Price therefor as contemplated in this Agreement.  Buyers’ funding the Purchase Price of the Transaction, and Seller’s acceptance thereof, will constitute the parties agreement to enter into such Transaction.  Buyers, through the Administrative Agent shall confirm the terms of each Transaction on the TIAA Bank Warehouse Electronic System, including information that sets forth (A) the Purchase Date, (B) the Purchase Price, (C) the Repurchase Date, (D) the Pricing Rate applicable to the Transaction, (E) the applicable Purchase Price Percentages, and (F) additional terms or conditions not inconsistent with this Agreement; provided that Administrative Agent’s failure to enter the information into the  TIAA Bank Warehouse Electronic System shall not affect the obligations of Seller with respect to such Transaction.   
(ii)    This Agreement is not a commitment by any Buyer to enter into Transactions with Seller but rather sets forth the procedures to be used in connection with periodic requests for the Buyers to enter into Transactions with Seller.  Seller hereby acknowledges that no Buyer is under any obligation to agree to enter into, or to enter into, any Transaction pursuant to this Agreement.
(iii)    The information entered into the Warehouse Electronic System with respect to any Transaction, together with this Agreement, shall be conclusive evidence of the terms of the Transaction(s) covered thereby unless objected to in writing by Seller no more than two (2) Business Days after the Purchase Date of the Transaction.  An objection sent by Seller must state specifically that such writing is an objection, must specify the provision(s) being objected to by Seller, must set forth such provision(s) in the manner that Seller believes they should be stated, and must be received by the Administrative Agent no more than two (2) Business Days after the Purchase Date for the Transaction.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that Seller accepts funding of the Transaction, Seller shall be deemed to have consented to the terms of the Transaction as set forth in the Warehouse Electronic System.  All Transactions entered into on any Business Day shall be reflected in the Daily Activity Report on such Business Day.
(iv)    Except as otherwise provided in the definition of Termination Date, the Repurchase Date for each Transaction shall not be later than the Termination Date.
(v)    Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, prior to the Termination Date, Seller may sell, repurchase and resell Eligible Mortgage Loans hereunder.
(vi)    No later than the date and time set forth in the Custodial Agreement, Seller shall deliver to  Custodian (x) the Mortgage Loan File pertaining to each Eligible Mortgage Loan (other than Wet Mortgage Loans) to be purchased by Buyers, and (y) the Wet File for each Wet Mortgage Loan to be purchased by Buyers; provided that, with respect to any eMortgage Loan, Seller shall deliver to Custodian each of the Administrative Agent’s and Seller’s MERS Org IDs, 
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and shall cause (i) the Authoritative Copy of the related eNote to be delivered to the eVault via a secure electronic file, (ii) the Controller status of the related eNote to be transferred to Administrative Agent, (iii) the Location status of the related eNote to be transferred to Custodian, and (iv) the Delegatee status of the related eNote to be transferred to Custodian, in each case using MERS eDelivery and the MERS eRegistry (collectively, the “eNote Delivery Requirements”).
(vii)    Upon the Administrative Agent’s receipt of the Trust Receipt (accompanied by a Custodial Loan Transmission) in accordance with the Custodial Agreement and subject to the provisions of this Section 3, the Purchase Price will then be made available to Seller by the Administrative Agent transferring, via wire transfer, in the aggregate amount of such Purchase Price in funds immediately available, as provided in Section 9(b).
(viii)    In addition to the other payment and performance obligations of the Seller Parties under this Agreement and the other Facility Documents, in the event that the Administrative Agent transfers any amounts for the purchase of a Mortgage Loan as provided herein, Seller Parties, jointly and severally, shall be fully, absolutely, and unconditionally obligated and liable to repay to the Buyers the full amount thereof if (x) on the related scheduled Purchase Date such Mortgage Loan does not close, or (y) such Mortgage Loan otherwise fails to become a Purchased Mortgage Loan.  Any amounts due pursuant to this Section 3(c)(viii) shall be payable on demand, and the unpaid amount thereof shall accrue interest at the Post-Default Rate from the date so transferred until paid in full.
(d)    Repurchase; Purchase by a Takeout Investor.
(i)    Seller may repurchase Purchased Mortgage Loans without penalty or premium on any date.  Such repurchase may occur simultaneously with a sale of the Purchased Mortgage Loan to a Takeout Investor.  If Seller intends to make such a repurchase, Seller shall give written notice thereof to the Administrative Agent through the Warehouse Electronic System in accordance with the TIAA Bank Warehouse Customer Guide, and to Custodian in accordance with the Custodial Agreement, designating the Purchased Mortgage Loans to be repurchased and providing such other information required pursuant thereto, including, without limitation, delivery of a Takeout Investor Purchase Advice to the extent that such Purchased Mortgage Loan shall be purchased by a Takeout Investor.  If such notice is given, the amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein, and, on receipt, such amount shall be applied to the Repurchase Price for the designated Purchased Mortgage Loans.
(ii)    On the Repurchase Date, termination of the Transaction will be effected by reassignment to Seller or its designee of the Purchased Mortgage Loans (including the related Servicing Rights and any Income in respect thereof received by the Administrative Agent not previously credited or transferred to, or applied to the Obligations of, Seller) against the simultaneous transfer of the Repurchase Price to an account of the Administrative Agent.  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 the Administrative Agent shall be applied to reduce the Repurchase Price for such Purchased Mortgage Loan except as otherwise provided herein).  Seller shall comply with all of the provisions of the TIAA Bank Warehouse Customer Guide and the Custodial Agreement in order to effectuate a repurchase hereunder.  Seller is obligated to obtain the Mortgage Files from the Administrative Agent or its designee at Seller’s expense on the Repurchase Date.  All 
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repurchases effected on any Business Day shall be reflected in the Daily Activity Report for such Business Day.
SECTION 4.    MARGIN AMOUNT MAINTENANCE
(a)    The Administrative Agent shall determine the Asset Value of each Purchased Mortgage Loan at such intervals as determined by the Administrative Agent in its sole, good faith discretion.
(b)    If at any time the Asset Value of any Purchased Mortgage Loans subject to a Transaction is less than the Purchase Price for such Transaction, or any applicable Concentration Limit has been exceeded (a “Margin Deficit”), then the Administrative Agent may by notice to Seller (as such notice is more particularly set forth below, a “Margin Call”), require Seller to transfer to the Administrative Agent or its designee cash so that, as applicable, (i) the Asset Value of the Purchased Mortgage Loans will thereupon equal or exceed the Purchase Price for such Transaction, and (ii) no Concentration Limit will be exceeded.
(c)    Notice delivered pursuant to Section 4(b) may be given by any written or electronic means.  Any notice given before 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on a Business Day shall be met, and the related Margin Call satisfied, no later than 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on such Business Day; notice given after 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on a Business Day shall be met, and the related Margin Call satisfied, no later than 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the following Business Day (the foregoing time requirements for satisfaction of a Margin Call are referred to as the “Margin Deadlines”).
(d)    The failure of the 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 the Administrative Agent to do so at a later date.  Seller and the Buyers each agree that a failure or delay by the Administrative Agent to exercise its rights hereunder shall not limit or waive the Administrative Agent’s rights under this Agreement or otherwise existing by law or in any way create additional rights for Seller.
(e)    Any cash transferred to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 4(b) above shall be credited to the Repurchase Price of the related Transactions.
SECTION 5.    COLLECTIONS; INCOME PAYMENTS
(a)    All Income, and all rights to Income, of, on, or otherwise with respect to all Purchased Mortgage Loans is the sole and exclusive property of the Buyers as the owner thereof, pending repurchase on the related Purchased Date.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, and provided no Default has occurred and is continuing, the Buyers agree that Seller shall be entitled to receive, solely from such Income, an amount equal to all Income received in respect of the Purchased Assets; provided, however, that any Income received by or on behalf of Seller while the related Transaction is outstanding shall be deemed held by Seller solely in trust for the Buyers pending the repurchase on the related Repurchase Date.
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received with respect to each Purchased Mortgage Loan on such date or dates as the Administrative Agent notifies Seller in writing.
(c)    All amounts required to be paid or remitted by Seller to the Administrative Agent which are not made when due shall bear interest from the due date until the remittance, transfer or payment is made, payable by Seller, at the lesser of the Post-Default Rate or the maximum rate of interest permitted by law.  If there is no maximum rate of interest specified by applicable law, interest on such sums shall accrue at the Post-Default Rate.
SECTION 6.    REQUIREMENTS OF LAW
(a)    If any Requirements of Law (other than with respect to any amendment made to a Buyer’s certificate of incorporation and bylaws or other organizational or governing documents) or any change in the interpretation or application thereof or compliance by a Buyer with any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any central bank or other Governmental Authority made subsequent to the date hereof:
(i)    shall subject any Buyer to any Tax or increased Tax of any kind whatsoever with respect to this Agreement or any Transaction (excepting any Non-Excluded Taxes, any Taxes expressly described in the definition of and not constituting Non-Excluded Taxes and any Other Taxes);
(ii)    shall impose, modify or hold applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan or similar requirement against assets held by, deposits or other liabilities in or for the account of, advances, or other extensions of credit by, or any other acquisition of funds by, any office of any Buyer which is not otherwise included in the determination of the LIBOR Rate hereunder; or
(iii)    shall impose on any Buyer any other condition;
and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to any Buyer, by an amount which such Buyer deems to be material, of entering, continuing or maintaining any Transaction or to reduce any amount due or owing hereunder in respect thereof, then, in any such case, Seller shall promptly pay to such Buyer such additional amount or amounts as calculated by such Buyer in good faith as will compensate such Buyer for such increased cost or reduced amount receivable.
(b)    If any Buyer shall have determined that the adoption of or any change in any Requirements of Law (other than with respect to any amendment made to such Buyer’s certificate of incorporation and bylaws or other organizational or governing documents) regarding capital adequacy or in the interpretation or application thereof or compliance by such Buyer or any corporation controlling such Buyer with any request or directive regarding capital adequacy (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority made subsequent to the date hereof shall have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Buyer’s or such corporation’s capital as a consequence of its obligations hereunder to a level below that which such Buyer or such corporation could have achieved but for such adoption, change or compliance (taking into consideration such Buyer’s or such corporation’s policies with respect to capital adequacy) by an amount deemed by such Buyer to be material, then from time to time, Seller shall promptly pay to such Buyer such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Buyer for such reduction.
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(c)    If any Buyer becomes entitled to claim any additional amounts pursuant to this Section, it shall promptly notify Seller and the Administrative Agent of the event by reason of which it has become so entitled.  A certificate, with supporting documentation, as to any additional amounts payable pursuant to this Section submitted by a Buyer to Administrative Agent and Seller in good faith shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error.
SECTION 7.    TAXES
(a)    Any and all payments by Seller under or in respect of this Agreement or any other Facility Documents to which Seller is a party shall be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for or on account of, any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges or withholdings, and all liabilities (including penalties, interest and additions to tax) with respect thereto, whether now or hereafter imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by any taxation authority or other Governmental Authority (collectively, “Taxes”), unless required by law.  If Seller shall be required under any applicable Requirements of Law to deduct or withhold any Taxes from or in respect of any sum payable under or in respect of this Agreement or any of the other Facility Documents to such Buyer, (i) Seller shall make all such deductions and withholdings in respect of Taxes, (ii) Seller shall pay the full amount deducted or withheld in respect of Taxes to the relevant taxation authority or other Governmental Authority in accordance with any applicable Requirements of Law, and (iii) the sum payable by Seller shall be increased as may be necessary so that after Seller has made all required deductions and withholdings (including deductions and withholdings applicable to additional amounts payable under this Section 7) each Buyer receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions or withholdings been made in respect of Non-Excluded Taxes.  For purposes of this Agreement the term “Non-Excluded Taxes” are Taxes other than, (a) in the case of any Buyer, Taxes that are imposed on its overall Net Income (and franchise taxes imposed in lieu thereof) by the jurisdiction under the laws of which any Buyer is organized or of its applicable lending office, or any political subdivision thereof, unless such Taxes are imposed as a result of any Buyer having executed, delivered or performed its obligations or received payments under, or enforced, this Agreement or any of the other Facility Documents (in which case such Taxes will be treated as Non-Excluded Taxes), (b) withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of a Buyer with respect to an applicable interest in this Agreement of any other Facility Document pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which such Buyer acquires such interest in this Agreement or other Facility Document or such Buyer changes its lending office, except in each case to the extent that amounts with respect to such withholding Taxes were payable either to such Buyer’s assignor immediately before such assignee Buyer became a party hereto or to such Buyer immediately before it changed its lending office, (c) Taxes attributable to a Buyer’s failure to comply with Section 7(e) and (d) any withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA.  For purposes of this Agreement, “FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code and any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement, treaty or convention among Governmental Authorities and implementing such Sections of the Code.
(b)    In addition, Seller hereby agrees to pay any present or future stamp, recording, documentary, excise, property or value-added taxes, or similar taxes, charges or levies that arise from any payment made under or in respect of this Agreement or any other Facility Document or from the execution, delivery or registration of, any performance under, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Facility Document (collectively, “Other Taxes”).
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(c)    Seller hereby agrees to indemnify each Buyer for, and to hold it harmless against, the full amount of Non-Excluded Taxes and Other Taxes, imposed on or paid by such Buyer with respect to this Agreement or other Facility Document including any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto.  The indemnity by Seller provided for in this Section 7(c) shall apply and be made whether or not the Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes for which indemnification hereunder is sought have been correctly or legally asserted.  Amounts payable by Seller under the indemnity set forth in this Section 7(c) shall be paid within ten (10) days from the date on which such Buyer makes written demand therefor accompanied by a certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability.
(d)    Within thirty (30) days after the date of any payment of Taxes, Seller (or any Person making such payment on behalf of Seller) shall furnish to such Buyer for its own account a certified copy of the original official receipt evidencing payment thereof.
(e)    Any Buyer that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to payments made under this Agreement or any other Facility Document shall deliver to Seller and the Administrative Agent, on or before it becomes a party to this Agreement or the other Facility Document and thereafter at the time or times reasonably requested by the Seller or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by Seller or the Administrative Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding.  In addition, any Buyer, if reasonably requested by Seller or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by Seller or the Administrative Agent as will enable Seller or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Buyer is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements. Each Buyer agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification or promptly notify Seller and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.
(f)    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 (including by the payment of additional amounts 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 the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund).  Such indemnifying party, upon the request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such indemnified party the amount paid over pursuant to this clause (f) (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 clause (f), in no event will the indemnified party be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this clause (f) 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 had never been paid.
(g)    Without prejudice to the survival of any other agreement of Seller hereunder, the agreements and obligations of Seller contained in this Section 7 shall survive the termination of this Agreement.  Nothing contained in this Section 7 shall require such Buyer to make available any of its tax returns or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary.
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SECTION 8.    SECURITY INTEREST; ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT’S APPOINTMENT AS ATTORNEY-IN-FACT
(a)    Security Interest.  On each Purchase Date, Seller hereby sells, assigns and conveys all rights, title, and interests in, to, and under the Purchased Mortgage Loans identified on the related Mortgage Loan Schedule or as to which the Administrative Agent, as agent for Buyers otherwise pays the Purchase Price as provided herein, including the related Mortgage File and Servicing Rights and all Income therefrom.  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, as security for the performance by Seller of its Obligations, Seller hereby pledges to the Administrative Agent, as agent for the Buyers, and hereby grants, assigns and pledges to the Administrative Agent, as agent for the Buyers, a fully perfected first priority security interest in all of the Seller’s right, title, and interest in, to, and under the following, in all instances whether now owned or hereafter acquired, now existing or hereafter created and wherever located (collectively, the “Repurchase Assets”):
(i)    the Purchased Mortgage Loans; 
(ii)    the Mortgage File and Records related to the Purchased Mortgage Loans;
(iii)    all Servicing Rights related to the Purchased Mortgage Loans;
(iv)    the Facility Documents (to the extent such Facility Documents and Seller’s rights thereunder relate to the Purchased Mortgage Loans); 
(v)    any Property relating to any Purchased Mortgage Loan or the related Mortgaged Property; 
(vi)    any Takeout Commitments relating to any Purchased Mortgage Loan; 
(vii)    any Closing Protection Letter relating to any Purchased Mortgage Loan;
(viii)    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 or hazard insurance; 
(ix)    all Income relating to any Purchased Mortgage Loan; 
(x)    the Inbound Account; 
(xi)    the Haircut Account; 
(xii)    any Hedge Agreements relating to any Purchased Mortgage Loan; 
(xiii)    any other contract rights, deposit accounts (including any interest of Seller in escrow accounts), payments, rights to payment (including payments of interest or finance charges), and general intangibles to the extent that any of the foregoing relates to any Purchased Mortgage Loan, 
(xiv)    any other assets relating to the Purchased Mortgage Loans (including, without limitation, any other deposit accounts) or any interest in the Purchased Mortgage Loans; 
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(xv)    Reserved
(xvi)    any and all replacements or substitutions for, proceeds (including the related securitization proceeds) of, and distributions on or with respect to any of the foregoing; and 
(xvii)    any other property, rights, title or interests as are specified on a Mortgage Loan Schedule and/or Transaction Request and/or in the Warehouse Electronic System.
Seller acknowledges that it has no rights to service the Purchased Mortgage Loans.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing and in the event that Seller is deemed to retain any residual Servicing Rights, and for the avoidance of doubt, Seller grants, assigns and pledges to the Administrative Agent, as agent for the 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 the Agreement and Transactions hereunder as defined under Sections 101(47)(v) and 741(7)(x) of the Bankruptcy Code.
Seller hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to file such financing statement or statements relating to the Repurchase Assets and the Servicing Rights as the Administrative Agent, at its option, may deem appropriate, without the signature of Seller thereon.  Seller shall pay the filing costs for any financing statement or statements prepared pursuant to this Section 8.
(b)    Administrative Agent’s Appointment as Attorney in Fact.  Seller hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the 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 the Administrative Agent’s discretion, for the purpose of carrying out the terms of this Agreement, to take any and all appropriate action and to execute any and all documents and instruments which may be reasonably necessary or desirable to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement, and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Seller hereby gives the Administrative Agent the power and right, on behalf of Seller, without assent by, but with notice to, Seller, if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, to do the following:
(i)    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 other Repurchase 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 the Administrative Agent for the purpose of collecting any and all such moneys due with respect to any other Repurchase Assets whenever payable;
(ii)    to pay or discharge taxes and Liens levied or placed on or threatened against the Repurchase Assets;
(iii)    (A) to direct any party liable for any payment under any Repurchase Assets to make payment of any and all moneys due or to become due thereunder directly to the Administrative Agent or as the Administrative Agent shall direct; (B) 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 Repurchase Assets; (C) to sign and endorse any invoices, assignments, verifications, notices and other documents in connection with any Repurchase Assets; (D) to commence and prosecute any suits, actions or proceedings at law 
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or in equity in any court of competent jurisdiction to collect the Repurchase Assets or any proceeds thereof and to enforce any other right in respect of any Repurchase Assets; (E) to defend any suit, action or proceeding brought against Seller with respect to any Repurchase Assets; (F) to settle, compromise or adjust any suit, action or proceeding described in clause (E) above and, in connection therewith, to give such discharges or releases as the Administrative Agent may deem appropriate; and (G) generally, to sell, transfer, pledge and make any agreement with respect to or otherwise deal with any Repurchase Assets as fully and completely as though the Administrative Agent were the absolute owner thereof for all purposes, and to do, at the Administrative Agent’s option and Seller’s expense, at any time, and from time to time, all acts and things which the Administrative Agent deems necessary to protect, preserve or realize upon the Repurchase Assets and the Administrative Agent’s Liens, as agent on behalf of Buyers, thereon and to effect the intent of this Agreement, all as fully and effectively as Seller might do;
(iv)    for the purpose of carrying out the transfer of servicing with respect to the Mortgage Loans from Seller to a successor servicer appointed by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion and to take any and all appropriate action and to execute any and all documents and instruments which may be necessary or desirable to accomplish such transfer of servicing, and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Seller hereby gives the 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 Mortgage Loans, transferring the servicing of the Mortgage Loans to a successor servicer appointed by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion;
(v)    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.  In addition to the foregoing, Seller agrees to execute a Power of Attorney to be delivered on the date hereof.
Seller also authorizes the Administrative Agent, if an Event of Default shall have occurred, from time to time, to execute, in connection with any sale provided for in Section 14 hereof, any endorsements, assignments or other instruments of conveyance or transfer with respect to the Repurchase Assets.
The powers conferred on the Administrative Agent hereunder are solely to protect the Buyers’ interests in the Repurchase Assets and shall not impose any duty upon it to exercise any such powers.  The 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 Buyer nor any of their respective 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.
Upon an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent on behalf of Buyers shall be entitled to all remedies available to a secured creditor under the Uniform Commercial Code and shall have the right to apply the Repurchase Assets or any proceeds therefrom to all Obligations.
SECTION 9.    PAYMENT, TRANSFER; ACCOUNTS AND CUSTODY
(a)    Administrative Agent’s Account.  Unless otherwise mutually agreed in writing by Administrative Agent and Seller, all transfers of funds to be made by Seller hereunder shall be made 
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in Dollars, in immediately available funds, without deduction, set off or counterclaim, to the Administrative Agent at the account maintained and indicated by the Administrative Agent not later than 3:00 p.m. New York City time, on the date on which such payment shall become due (and each such payment made after such time shall be deemed to have been made on the next succeeding Business Day).  Seller acknowledges that it has no rights of withdrawal from the foregoing account.
(b)    Remittance of Purchase Price.  On the Purchase Date for each Transaction, ownership of the Purchased Mortgage Loans shall be transferred to the Administrative Agent (for the benefit of Buyers or their respective designees) against the simultaneous transfer of the Purchase Price to the applicable Settlement Agent.  With respect to the Purchased Mortgage Loans being sold by Seller on a Purchase Date, Seller hereby sells, transfers, conveys and assigns to the Administrative Agent (for the benefit of Buyers or their respective designees) without recourse, but subject to the terms of this Agreement, all of the right, title and interest of Seller in and to the Purchased Mortgage Loans, including the related Mortgage File and Servicing Rights and all Income thereon, and all right, title, and interest of Seller in and to the proceeds of any related Repurchase Assets and each such Transaction shall be allocated by the Administrative Agent to each Buyer in accordance with such Buyer’s Funding Share.  The Administrative Agent may confirm that the Initial Haircut Account Funded Amount has been deposited into the Haircut Account prior to its remittance of any amounts in accordance herewith.  Subject to the Administrative Agent’s verification of necessary cleared funds in the Haircut Account, the Administrative Agent shall remit to the Settlement Agent the full amount of the outstanding principal balance of such Purchased Mortgage Loan and shall withdraw and retain from the Haircut Account, the Haircut Amount.
(c)    Reserved.
(d)    Inbound Account.  Seller shall establish and maintain an Inbound Account identified in the Pricing Letter, in the form of a deposit account.  The Inbound Account shall be established with TIAA Bank.  The Administrative Agent shall have exclusive withdrawal rights from such Inbound Account.  Funds deposited in the Inbound Account may be transferred as set forth herein.  Any interest or other earnings on the investment of funds held in the Inbound Account shall be deposited in the Inbound Account, subject to withdrawal pursuant hereto.  All amounts on deposit in the Inbound Account shall be held as cash margin and collateral for all Obligations under this Agreement (such amount, to the extent not applied to Obligations under the Agreement, the “Repurchase Proceeds”).  In connection with any repurchase or purchase by a Takeout Investor of a Purchased Mortgage Loan, Seller shall direct remittance of the proceeds therefor into the Inbound Account.  Seller shall be required to comply with all requirements in connection with any repurchase and remittance into the Inbound Account.  Upon receipt of any Repurchase Proceeds in the Inbound Account, the Administrative Agent shall apply such Repurchase Proceeds to the Repurchase Price for the related Purchased Mortgage Loans.  Any Repurchase Proceeds in excess of the Repurchase Price for the related Purchased Mortgage Loans shall be remitted to the Haircut Account, for application as contemplated pursuant to Section 9(e).  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event that a Margin Call or other Default exists, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to use any or all of the Repurchase Proceeds to cure such circumstance or otherwise exercise remedies available to the Administrative Agent on behalf of Buyers without prior notice to, or consent from, Seller.
(e)    Haircut Account.  Seller shall establish and maintain a Haircut Account identified in the Pricing Letter, in the form of a deposit account.  The Haircut Account shall be established with TIAA Bank.  The Administrative Agent shall have exclusive withdrawal rights from such Haircut Account.  Any interest or other earnings on the investment of funds held in the Haircut 
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Account shall be deposited in the Haircut Account, subject to withdrawal pursuant hereto.  The Administrative Agent is hereby authorized and instructed by Seller to withdraw from the Haircut Account any and all amounts contemplated herein.  On each Purchase Date, Seller shall deposit the Initial Haircut Account Funded Amount into the Haircut Account.  Upon purchase by Buyers of the related Purchased Mortgage Loan, the Administrative Agent shall withdraw the Haircut Amount to reimburse Administrative Agent on behalf of Buyers for the difference between the actual amount remitted by the Administrative Agent on the Purchase Date on account of the Purchased Mortgage Loan and the Purchase Price for such Purchased Mortgage Loan.  Upon repurchase by Seller, or purchase by a Takeout Investor, of any Purchased Mortgage Loan, if there remain on deposit in the Inbound Account Excess Proceeds with respect to such Mortgage Loan, then the Administrative Agent shall remit the Excess Proceeds to the Haircut Account and such Excess Proceeds shall be added to the Net Account Funded Amount for such Mortgage Loan.  Upon repurchase by Seller, or purchase by a Takeout Investor, of any Purchased Mortgage Loan, if there exists in the Inbound Account Shortfall Proceeds with respect to such Mortgage Loan, then the Administrative Agent on behalf of Buyers may withdraw from the Haircut Account the amount of any Shortfall Proceeds and such amount shall be deducted from the Net Account Funded Amount.  In addition to the foregoing, the Administrative Agent on behalf of itself and Buyers shall be entitled to deduct and withdraw from the Haircut Account all Warehouse Fees.  To the extent that, following application of all deposits and withdrawals as contemplated herein with respect to a Purchased Mortgage Loan that is repurchased by Seller or purchased by a Takeout Investor, (i) the Net Account Funded Amount for any such Mortgage Loan is a positive number, then such Net Account Funded Amount for such Mortgage Loan shall, subject to this section, be available for remittance to Seller upon written request therefor; and (ii) the Net Account Funded Amount for any such repurchased Mortgage Loan is a negative number, then Seller shall promptly remit to the Administrative Agent on behalf of Buyers the amount of such Net Account Funded Amount for such Mortgage Loan.  Without limiting the foregoing, to the extent that the Net Account Funded Amount for any repurchased Mortgage Loan is a negative number, the Administrative Agent on behalf of Buyers shall be entitled to withdraw, retain and apply any amounts on deposit in the Haircut Account up to the amount of such negative Net Account Funded Amount.  To the extent that the aggregate Net Account Funded Amounts (net of any amounts withdrawn as contemplated herein) for all repurchased Mortgage Loans exceeds the Surplus Amount, then Seller may, no more than once per Business Day, deliver a written request prior to 2:00 p.m. (New York Time) for the Administrative Agent to remit any amount in excess of the Surplus Amount to Seller.  To the extent that there exists no Default, the Administrative Agent shall, upon receipt of such written request, remit any such amount in excess of the Surplus Amount to Seller.  Any interest or other earnings on the investment of funds deposited in the Haircut Account shall be deposited in the Haircut Account, subject to withdrawal pursuant hereto.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event that a Margin Call or other Default exists, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to use any or all of the amounts on deposit in the Haircut Account to cure such circumstance or otherwise exercise remedies available to the Administrative Agent without prior notice to, or consent from, Seller.
(f)    Fees.  Seller shall pay in immediately available funds to the Administrative Agent and Custodian all fees, including without limitation, the Warehouse Fees, as and when required hereunder and under the Custodial Agreement.  All such payments shall be made in Dollars, in immediately available funds, without deduction, set-off or counterclaim, to the Administrative Agent at such account designated by the Administrative Agent.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing or any other provision of this Agreement, the Administrative Agent may withdraw and retain from the Haircut Account any Warehouse Fees due and owing to the Buyers.
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SECTION 10.    DELIVERY OF DOCUMENTS
(a)    Custody of Mortgage Files.  In connection with the sale, transfer, conveyance and assignment of Purchased Mortgage Loans, on or prior to each Purchase Date, Seller shall deliver or cause to be delivered and released to Custodian, as custodian for Buyers, the Mortgage File or Wet File, as applicable for the related Purchased Mortgage Loans.
Seller shall be solely responsible for providing each and every document required for each Mortgage File to Custodian in a timely manner and for completing or correcting any missing, incomplete or inconsistent documents, and none of the Custodian, the Administrative Agent or any Buyer shall be responsible or liable for taking any such action, causing Seller or any other person or entity to do so or notifying any Person that any such action has or has not been taken.
(b)    Release of Mortgage Files.  From time to time as appropriate for the sale or repurchase of any of the Purchased Mortgage Loans, provided that no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Administrative Agent shall, upon receipt of a request for release through the Warehouse Electronic System and compliance with the requirements of the TIAA Bank Warehouse Customer Guide and the Custodial Agreement, release or cause Custodian to release to Seller the related Mortgage File or the documents of the related Mortgage File set forth in such request for release.  All Mortgage Files or documents from Mortgage Files so released to Seller shall be held by Seller in trust for the benefit of Buyers.
In connection with the payment in full, sale or repurchase of any Mortgage Loan, and upon receipt by the Administrative Agent of such information through the Warehouse Electronic System, and subject to the Administrative Agent receiving all amounts due on account of the Repurchase Price hereunder, and there existing no Default or Event of Default, the Administrative Agent shall promptly release or cause the Custodian to release the related Mortgage File to Seller.
(c)    Purchase By Takeout Investor.  Seller shall provide to the Administrative Agent a completed request for release of documents with respect to the related Mortgage Loans to be purchased by a Takeout Investor through the Warehouse Electronic System and as otherwise required by the Custodian and shall comply with all other requirements set forth in the TIAA Bank Warehouse Customer Guide and the Custodial Agreement.  The Mortgage Files relating to the Mortgage Loans included in a request for release shall be sent for delivery by Custodian to the applicable Takeout Investor specified by Seller to the Administrative Agent in the Warehouse Electronic System and to Custodian as required by the Custodial Agreement; provided that such Mortgage File shall be accompanied by a fully completed Bailee Letter.  The Administrative Agent shall not instruct Custodian to deliver or approve the delivery of any Mortgage File to any potential Takeout Investor unless such Takeout Investor was identified by Seller to the Administrative Agent in the Warehouse Electronic System.
In the event that a Takeout Investor rejects a Mortgage Loan for purchase pursuant to a Takeout Commitment for any reason whatsoever, Seller shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent via the Warehouse Electronic System upon receipt of notification from the Takeout Investor.
(d)    Written Instructions as to the method of shipment and shipper(s) that Custodian is directed to utilize in connection with transmission of Mortgage Files shall be delivered by Seller to Custodian and the Administrative Agent as required by the Custodial Agreement.
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SECTION 11.    REPRESENTATIONS
Seller represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and each Buyer that as of the Purchase Date for any Purchased Mortgage Loans by the Administrative Agent on behalf of Buyers from Seller and as of the date of this Agreement and any Transaction hereunder and at all times while the Facility Documents are in full force and effect and any Transaction hereunder is outstanding:
(a)    Acting as Principal.  Seller will engage in such Transactions as principal (or, if agreed in writing in advance of any Transaction by the other party hereto, as agent for a disclosed principal).
(b)    No Broker.  Seller has not dealt with any broker, investment banker, agent, or other person, except for the Administrative Agent and the Buyers, who may be entitled to any commission or compensation based on or arising from the sale of Purchased Mortgage Loans by Seller to the Administrative Agent on behalf of Buyers pursuant to this Agreement.  The foregoing representation and warranty does not relate to third party mortgage brokers to whom compensation may be payable by Seller for the origination of a Purchased Mortgage Loan, such payments being the sole responsibility of Seller.
(c)    Financial Statements.  The Financial Reporting Party has heretofore furnished to the Administrative Agent a copy of its (a) consolidated balance sheet and the consolidated balance sheets of its consolidated Subsidiaries for the fiscal year ended the Annual Financial Statement Date and the related consolidated statements of income and retained earnings and of cash flows for the Financial Reporting Party 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 Approved CPA and (b) consolidated balance sheet and the consolidated balance sheets of its consolidated Subsidiaries for each of the monthly period(s) of the Financial Reporting Party up until Monthly Financial Statement Date, and the related consolidated statements of income and retained earnings and of cash flows for the Financial Reporting Party and its consolidated Subsidiaries for such monthly period(s), 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 Financial Reporting Party and its Subsidiaries and the consolidated results of their operations as at such dates and for such monthly periods, all in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis.  Since the Annual Financial Statement Date, there has been no material adverse change in the consolidated business, operations or financial condition of the Financial Reporting Party 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 (without notice or the lapse of time) would or could result in any such material adverse change or could have a Material Adverse Effect.  
(d)    Organization, Etc.  Seller (i) is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, (ii) 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; (iii) is qualified to do business and is in good standing in all other jurisdictions in which the nature of the business conducted by it makes such qualification necessary, except where failure so to qualify would not be reasonably likely (either individually or in the aggregate) to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (iv) has full power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Facility Documents.  
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(e)    Authorization, Compliance, Approvals.  The execution and delivery of, and the performance by Seller of its obligations under, the Facility Documents to which it is a party (a) are within Seller’s powers, (b) have been duly authorized by all requisite action, (c) do not violate any provision of any applicable Requirements of Law, rule or regulation, or any order, writ, injunction or decree of any court or other Governmental Authority, or its organizational documents, (d) do not violate any indenture  or material agreement, document or instrument to which Seller or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which any of them or any of their properties, any of the Repurchase Assets is bound or to which any of them is subject and (e) are not in conflict with, do not result in a breach of, or constitute (with due notice or lapse of time or both) a default under, or except as may be provided by any Facility Document, result in the creation or imposition of any Lien (except for the Liens created pursuant to the Facility Documents) upon any of the property or assets of Seller or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to, any such indenture, agreement, document or instrument.  Seller is not required to obtain any consent, approval or authorization from, or to file any declaration or statement with, any Governmental Authority in connection with or as a condition to the consummation of the Transactions contemplated herein and the execution, delivery or performance of the Facility Documents to which it is a party.  
(f)    Litigation.  Except as described in Schedule 7 to the Pricing Letter or on the Monthly Compliance Certificate, there are no actions, suits, arbitrations, investigations (including, without limitation, any of the foregoing which are pending or, to the Seller’s knowledge, threatened) or other legal or arbitrable proceedings affecting Seller or affecting any of the Repurchase Assets or any of the other properties of Seller before any Governmental Authority which (i) questions or challenges the validity or enforceability of the Facility Documents or any action to be taken in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) makes a claim or claims in an aggregate amount greater than the Litigation Threshold, (iii) individually or in the aggregate, if adversely determined, would have a Material Adverse Effect, or (iv) requires filing with the SEC in accordance with its regulations.
(g)    Purchased Mortgage Loans.
(i)    With respect to each Purchased Mortgage Loan to be sold hereunder by Seller to the Buyers, such Purchased Mortgage Loan is an Eligible Mortgage Loan, including that all applicable representations and warranties set forth in Schedule 1 hereto are true, correct, and complete.
(ii)    Seller has not assigned, pledged, or otherwise conveyed or encumbered to or in favor of any Person other than the Administrative Agent for the benefit of Buyers any Purchased Mortgage Loan, and immediately prior to the sale of such Purchased Mortgage Loan to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of Buyers, Seller was the sole owner of such Purchased Mortgage Loan and had good and marketable title thereto, free and clear of all Liens, in each case except for Liens to be released simultaneously with the sale to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of Buyers hereunder.
(iii)    The provisions of this Agreement are effective to either constitute a sale of Repurchase Assets to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of Buyers or to create in favor of the Administrative Agent, as agent for the Buyers, a valid security interest in all right, title and interest of Seller in, to and under the Repurchase Assets.
(h)    Proper Names; Chief Executive Office/Jurisdiction of Organization.  Seller does not operate in any jurisdiction under a trade name, division name or name other than those names previously disclosed in writing by Seller to the Administrative Agent and as may be updated from time 
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to time on the Monthly Compliance Certificate.  On the Amendment Effective Date, Seller’s chief executive office is, and has been, located as specified on the signature page hereto.  Seller’s  jurisdiction of organization is as set forth in the Pricing Letter.
(i)    Location of Books and Records.  The location where Seller keeps its books and records, including all computer tapes and records related to the Repurchase Assets is its chief executive office.
(j)    Enforceability.  This Agreement and all of the other Facility Documents respectively executed and delivered by Seller in connection herewith are legal, valid and binding obligations of Seller and are enforceable against Seller in accordance with their terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by (i) the effect of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar Requirements of Law affecting creditors’ rights generally, and (ii) general principles of equity.
(k)    Ability to Perform, Requirements of Law.  Seller does not believe, nor does it have any reason or cause to believe, that it cannot perform each and every covenant contained in the Facility Documents to which it is a party on its part to be performed.  Seller is in  compliance with all applicable Requirements of Law except to the extent that any such non-compliance could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 
(l)    No Default.  No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
(m)    No Adverse Selection.  Seller has not selected the Purchased Mortgage Loans in a manner so as to adversely affect any Buyer’s interests.
(n)    Adjusted Tangible Net Worth.  On the initial Purchase Date, the Adjusted Tangible Net Worth of Seller is not less than the Adjusted Tangible Net Worth required of Seller in the Pricing Letter.
(o)    Debt for Borrowed Money. All credit facilities, repurchase facilities or substantially similar facilities or other debt for borrowed money of Seller (the “Debt for Borrowed Money Arrangements”) which are presently in effect and/or outstanding are listed on Schedule 2 to the Pricing Letter, as such Schedule 2 may be updated from time to time on the Monthly Compliance Certificate.
(p)    Accurate and Complete Disclosure.  The information, reports, Financial Statements, exhibits and schedules furnished in writing by or on behalf of Seller to the Administrative Agent or Buyers in connection with the negotiation, preparation or delivery of this Agreement or performance hereof and the other Facility Documents or included herein or therein or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto, when taken as a whole, do not contain any untrue statement of material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements herein or therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.  There is no fact known to Seller, after due inquiry, that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect that has not been disclosed herein, in the other Facility Documents or in a report, Financial Statement, exhibit, schedule, disclosure letter or other writing furnished to the Administrative Agent or the Buyers for use in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.
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(q)    Margin Regulations.  The use of all funds acquired by Seller under this Agreement will not conflict with or contravene any of Regulations T, U or X promulgated by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
(r)    Investment Company.  Seller is not an “investment company” or a company “controlled” by an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(s)    Solvency.  As of the date hereof and immediately after giving effect to each Transaction, the fair value of the assets of Seller is greater than the fair value of the liabilities (including, without limitation, contingent liabilities if and to the extent required to be recorded as a liability on the Financial Statements of Seller in accordance with GAAP) of Seller and Seller is solvent and, after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Facility Documents, will not be rendered insolvent or left with an unreasonably small amount of capital with which to conduct its business and perform its obligations.  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.  Seller is not contemplating the commencement of an insolvency, bankruptcy, liquidation, or consolidation proceeding or the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, conservator, trustee, or similar official in respect of itself or any of its property.
(t)    ERISA.
(i)    No liability under Section 4062, 4063, 4064 or 4069 of ERISA has been or is expected by Seller to be incurred by Seller or any ERISA Affiliate thereof with respect to any Plan which is a Single-Employer Plan in an amount that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(ii)    No Plan which is a Single Employer Plan had an accumulated funding deficiency, whether or not waived, as of the last day of the most recent fiscal year of such Plan ended prior to the date hereof, and no such plan which is subject to Section 412 of the Code failed to meet the requirements of Section 436 of the Code as of such last day.  Neither Seller nor any ERISA Affiliate thereof is subject to a Lien in favor of such a Plan as described in Section 430(k) of the Code or Section 303(k) of ERISA.
(iii)    Each Plan of Seller, each of its Subsidiaries and each of its ERISA Affiliates is in compliance with the applicable provisions of ERISA and the Code, except where the failure to comply would not result in any Material Adverse Effect.
(iv)    Neither Seller nor any of its Subsidiaries has incurred a tax liability under Chapter 43 of the Code or a penalty under Section 502 of ERISA which has not been paid in full, except where the incurrence of such tax or penalty would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(v)    Neither Seller nor any of its Subsidiaries nor any ERISA Affiliate thereof has incurred or reasonably expects to incur any withdrawal liability under Section 4201 of ERISA as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from a Multiemployer Plan in an amount that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(u)    Taxes.  Seller has timely filed all income and other material tax returns that are required to be filed by them and have timely paid all income Taxes and other material amounts of Taxes due, except for any such Taxes as are being appropriately contested in good faith by appropriate 
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proceedings diligently conducted and with respect to which adequate reserves have been provided.  There are no Liens for Taxes, except for statutory liens for Taxes not yet due and payable.
(v)    No Reliance.  Seller has made its own independent decisions to enter into the Facility Documents and each Transaction and as to whether such Transaction is appropriate and proper for it based upon its own judgment and upon advice from such advisors (including without limitation, legal counsel and accountants) as it has deemed necessary. Seller is not relying upon any advice from the Administrative Agent, any Buyer or Custodian as to any aspect of the Transactions, including without limitation, the legal, accounting or tax treatment of such Transactions.
(w)    Plan Assets.  Seller is not an employee benefit plan as defined in Section 3(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 modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA, in Seller’s hands and transactions by or with Seller are not subject to any state or local statute regulating investments of, or fiduciary obligations with respect to governmental plans within the meaning of Section 3(32) of ERISA.
(x)    Agency and Governmental Authority Approvals.  Seller is approved by those Agencies and Governmental Authorities set forth on Schedule 8 to the Pricing Letter for the origination, sale, and/or servicing of Mortgage Loans as set forth on Schedule 8 to the Pricing Letter.  In each such case, Seller is in good standing, with no event having occurred or Seller having any reason whatsoever to believe or suspect will occur, 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 Governmental Authority.  
(y)    Ability to Service Mortgage Loans; Servicing Agreements.  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 Purchased Mortgage Loans and in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices.  Seller is not a party to any servicing agreements with respect to any of its Mortgage Loans except as set forth on Schedule 5 to the Pricing Letter, true and complete copies of which servicing agreements have been furnished to the Administrative Agent.  Except as set forth on Schedule 5 of the Pricing Letter, no Purchased Mortgage Loans will be subject to any such servicing agreements. 
(z)    Anti-Money Laundering Laws.  Seller has complied with all applicable anti-money laundering and sanctions related laws and regulations, including without limitation the USA Patriot Act of 2001  (collectively, the “Anti-Money Laundering Laws”); Seller has established an anti-money laundering compliance program as required by the Anti-Money Laundering Laws, has conducted the requisite due diligence in connection with the origination of each Mortgage Loan for purposes of the Anti-Money Laundering Laws, including with respect to the legitimacy of the applicable Mortgagor and the origin of the assets used by the said Mortgagor to purchase the property in question, and maintains, and will maintain, sufficient information to identify the applicable Mortgagor for purposes of the Anti-Money Laundering Laws.
(aa)    No Prohibited Persons. Neither Seller, nor, as applicable, its respective Affiliates, 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 
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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”).
(bb)    Hedging.  Seller has established a formal hedging policy and program, which is managed by an Approved Hedging Manager, with respect to all of its Mortgage Loans, other than those in respect of which Seller has entered into a Takeout Commitment.
(cc)    Subordinated Debt.  If Seller has any Subordinated Debt, Seller has provided the Administrative Agent with true and complete copies of all material documents evidencing such Subordinated Debt and the subordination thereof.
(dd)    MERS.  Seller shall and shall cause each Subservicer to (i) be a member in good standing with MERS, and (ii) comply in all material respects with the rules and regulations of MERS in connection with all Purchased Mortgage Loans.
SECTION 12.    COVENANTS
On and as of the date of this Agreement and each Purchase Date and at all times until this Agreement is no longer in force, Seller covenants as follows:
(a)    Preservation of Existence; Compliance with Law.  Seller shall:
(i)    Preserve and maintain its legal existence and all of its material rights, privileges, licenses and franchises necessary for the operation of its business, the failure of which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or materially impact the Collateral;
(ii)    Comply with the requirements of all applicable Requirements of Law, rules, regulations and orders, whether now in effect or hereafter enacted or promulgated by any applicable Governmental Authority (including, without limitation, all environmental laws), the violation of which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or materially impact the Collateral;
(iii)    Maintain all licenses, permits or other approvals necessary for Seller to conduct its business and to perform its obligations under the Facility Documents, and conduct its business strictly in accordance with applicable Requirements of Law, the violation of which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or materially impact the Collateral;
(iv)    Keep adequate records and books of account, in which complete entries will be made in accordance with GAAP consistently applied; and
(v)    Permit a representative of the Buyers (such representative to be mutually agreed upon by Seller and the Buyers), upon reasonable notice (unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and is continuing, in which case, no prior notice shall be required), during normal business hours, to examine, copy and make extracts from its books and records, to inspect any of its Properties, and to discuss its business and affairs with its officers, all to the extent reasonably requested by the Buyers, subject to the provisions set forth in Section 17 hereof.
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(b)    Taxes.  Seller shall timely file all material tax returns that are required to be filed by it and shall timely pay all income Taxes and all material amounts of Taxes due, except for any such Taxes as are being appropriately contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted with respect to which adequate reserves have been provided.
(c)    Notice of Proceedings or Adverse Change.  Seller shall give notice to the Administrative Agent of any of the following within the specified time:
(i)    Promptly (unless different timing is specified below) after a Responsible Officer of Seller has any knowledge of:
(A)    Immediately upon the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default;
(B)    any (x) default or event of default under any Indebtedness of Seller, (y) litigation, investigation, regulatory action or proceeding that is pending or threatened by or against Seller in any federal or state court or before any Governmental Authority which, if not cured or if adversely determined, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or constitute a Default or Event of Default, or (z) Material Adverse Effect with respect to Seller;
(C)    any litigation or proceeding that is pending or, to the knowledge of Seller, threatened (x) against Seller in which the amount involved exceeds the Litigation Threshold, in which injunctive or similar relief is sought, or which, if adversely determined, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (y) in connection with any of the Repurchase Assets, which, if adversely determined, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or
(D)    any Lien or security interest (other than security interests created hereby or under any other Facility Document) on, or claim asserted against, any of the Repurchase Assets.
(ii)    As soon as reasonably possible, notice of any of the following events:
(A)    a change in the insurance coverage of Seller, with a copy of evidence of same attached;
(B)    any material change in accounting policies or financial reporting practices of Seller (other than those changes required in order to comply with applicable law or regulatory requirements);
(C)    [reserved];
(D)    any Change in Control; 
(E)    any event, circumstance or condition that has resulted, or has a reasonable possibility of resulting, in a Material Adverse Effect;
(F)    any Purchased Mortgage Loan has become a Defective Mortgage Loan, including that any applicable representations and warranties set forth on Schedule 1 
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hereto ceases to be true, correct, and complete (and providing all applicable details thereof); or 
(G)    upon Seller becoming aware of any Control Failure with respect to a Purchased Mortgage Loan that is an eMortgage Loan or any eNote Replacement Failure.
(iii)    Promptly, but no later than two (2) Business Days after Seller receives any of the same, deliver to the Administrative Agent a true, complete, and correct copy of any schedule, report, notice, or any other document delivered to Seller by any Person pursuant to, or in connection with, any of the Repurchase Assets.
(iv)    Promptly, but no later than two (2) Business Days after Seller receives notice of the same, (A) any Mortgage Loan submitted for inclusion into an Agency security and rejected by that Agency for inclusion in such Agency security or (B) any Mortgage Loan submitted to a Takeout Investor (whole loan or securitization) and rejected for purchase by such Takeout Investor.
(v)    Simultaneously with the furnishing of the Monthly Compliance Certificate, the termination or nonrenewal of any debt facilities of Seller which have a maximum principal amount (or equivalent) available of more than the two (2) times the Maximum Purchase Amount. 
(d)    Financial Reporting.  Seller shall maintain a system of accounting established and administered in accordance with GAAP, and furnish, or cause to be furnished, to the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Buyers:
(i)    Within ninety (90) days after the close of each fiscal year, Financial Statements, including a statement of income and changes in shareholders’ equity of the Financial Reporting Party for such year, and the related balance sheet as at the end of such year, all in reasonable detail and accompanied by an opinion of an Approved CPA as to said Financial Statements;
(ii)    Within thirty (30) days after the end of each calendar month, including the last month of Seller’s fiscal year, the unaudited balance sheets of the Financial Reporting Party as at the end of such period and the related unaudited consolidated statements of income and retained earnings and of cash flows for the Financial Reporting Party for such period and the portion of the fiscal year through the end of such period, subject, however, to year-end adjustments.  Such reports shall include, without limitation, in clearly delineated line items, the results of Seller’s hedging activities for the applicable period;
(iii)    Simultaneously with the furnishing of each of the Financial Statements to be delivered pursuant to subsections (i) and (ii) above, (x) the Monthly Compliance Certificate, and (y) when the end of the subject reporting period coincides with the end of a fiscal quarter, a Servicing Rights Appraisal.  All Servicing Rights Appraisals shall be delivered to the Administrative Agent no later than thirty (30) days after the applicable “as of” date therefor; 
(iv)    If applicable, at the request of Buyer and provided such documents are not available on the SEC’s EDGAR website, copies of any 10-Ks, 10-Qs, registration statements and other “corporate finance” SEC filings (other than 8-Ks) by Seller; and
(v)    Promptly, from time to time, such other information regarding the business affairs, operations and financial condition of Seller as any Buyer may reasonably request.
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(e)    Visitation and Inspection Rights.  Seller shall permit the Buyers to inspect and take all other actions permitted under Section 17 hereof.
(f)    Reimbursement of Expenses.  Seller shall promptly reimburse the Administrative Agent and the Buyers for all expenses as the same are incurred by the Administrative Agent or any Buyer as required by Sections 15(b) and 17 hereof.
(g)    Further Assurances.  Seller shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent all further documents, financing statements, agreements and instruments, and take all further actions that may be required under applicable Requirements of Law, or that the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, in order to effectuate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Facility Documents or, without limiting any of the foregoing, to grant, preserve, protect and perfect the validity and first priority of the security interests created or intended to be created hereby.  Seller shall do all things necessary to preserve the Repurchase Assets so that they remain subject to a first priority perfected security interest hereunder.  Without limiting the foregoing, Seller will comply with all applicable Requirements of Law and cause the Repurchase Assets to comply with all Requirements of Law.  Seller will not allow any default for which Seller is responsible to occur under any Repurchase Assets or any Facility Document and Seller shall fully perform or cause to be performed when due all of its obligations under any Repurchase Assets or the Facility Documents.
(h)    True and Correct Information.  All information, reports, exhibits, schedules, Financial Statements or certificates of Seller or any of the Affiliates thereof or any of their officers furnished to the Administrative Agent hereunder and during the Administrative Agent’s diligence of Seller Parties will be true and complete and will not omit to disclose any material facts necessary to make the statements therein or therein, in light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading.  All required Financial Statements, information and reports delivered by Seller to the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP, or as applicable, to SEC filings, the appropriate SEC accounting requirements.
(i)    ERISA Events.
(i)    Promptly upon becoming aware of the occurrence of any Event of ERISA Termination which together with all other Events of ERISA Termination occurring within the prior 12 months involve a payment of money by or a potential aggregate liability of Seller or any ERISA Affiliate thereof or any combination of such entities in excess of the ERISA Liability Threshold, Seller shall give the Administrative Agent a written notice specifying the nature thereof, what action Seller or any ERISA Affiliate thereof has taken and, when known, any action taken or threatened by the Internal Revenue Service, the Department of Labor or the PBGC with respect thereto;
(ii)    Promptly upon receipt thereof, Seller shall furnish to the Administrative Agent copies of (i) all notices received by Seller or any ERISA Affiliate thereof of the PBGC’s intent to terminate any Plan or to have a trustee appointed to administer any Plan; (ii) all notices received by Seller or any ERISA Affiliate thereof from the sponsor of a Multiemployer Plan pursuant to Section 4202 of ERISA involving withdrawal liability in excess of the ERISA Liability Threshold; and (iii) all funding waiver requests filed by Seller or any ERISA Affiliate thereof with the Internal Revenue Service with respect to any Plan, the accrued benefits of which exceed the present value of the plan assets as of the date the waiver request is filed, and all 
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communications received by Seller or any ERISA Affiliate thereof from the Internal Revenue Service with respect to any such funding waiver request.
(j)    Financial Condition Covenants.  The Seller shall comply with the Financial Condition Covenants.
(k)    Hedging.  Seller shall at all times maintain, implement, and adhere to a formal hedging policy and program, acceptable to the Buyers, using appropriate Hedge Agreements, covering all of Seller’s Mortgage Loans, other than those subject to a Takeout Commitment, which is managed by an Approved Hedging Manager.  Seller shall hedge all of its Mortgage Loans in accordance with Seller’s hedging policies.  Seller shall review its hedging policies periodically to confirm that they are being complied with in all material respects and are adequate to meet Seller’s business objectives.  In the event Seller makes any material amendment or material modification to its hedging policies, Seller shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent of such amendment or modification, and within 30 days after such amendment or modification shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a complete copy of the amended or modified hedging policies.  Additionally, the Administrative Agent may in its reasonable discretion request a current copy of its hedging policies at any time.  By Wednesday of each week, Seller shall furnish the Administrative Agent on behalf of Buyers with a hedging report as of the end of the immediately preceding week, to be in such form and to contain such information as shall be specified from time to time by the Administrative Agent, including, without limitation, Seller’s then locked pipeline, notional hedge positions, and historical pull-throughs.
(l)    No Adverse Selection.  Seller shall not select Eligible Mortgage Loans to be sold to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of Buyers as Purchased Mortgage Loans using any type of adverse selection or other selection criteria which would adversely affect any Buyer.
(m)    Servicer Approval.  Seller shall not cause or permit the Purchased Mortgage Loans to be serviced by any servicer other than a servicer expressly approved in writing by the Administrative Agent, which approval shall be deemed granted by the Administrative Agent with respect to Seller and any Subservicer identified on Schedule 5 to the Pricing Letter  (subject to revocation of such approval as provided in this Agreement) with the execution of this Agreement.
(n)    Insurance.  Seller shall maintain Fidelity Insurance in an aggregate amount at least equal to the Fidelity Insurance Requirement.  Seller shall maintain 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.  Seller shall notify the Administrative Agent of any material change in the terms of any such Fidelity Insurance.
(o)    Books and Records.  Seller shall, to the extent practicable, maintain and implement administrative and operating procedures (including, without limitation, an ability to recreate records evidencing the Repurchase Assets in the event of the destruction of the originals thereof), and keep and maintain or obtain, as and when required, all documents, books, records and other information reasonably necessary or advisable for the collection of all Repurchase Assets.
(p)    Illegal Activities.  Seller shall not engage in any conduct or activity that could subject its assets to forfeiture or seizure.
(q)    Material Change in Business.  Seller shall not make any material change in the nature of its business as carried on at the date hereof.
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(r)    Limitation on Dividends and Distributions.  Seller shall not make any payment on account of, or set apart assets for, a sinking or other analogous fund for the purchase, redemption, defeasance, retirement or other acquisition of any equity interest of Seller or for the payment of Subordinated Debt, whether now or hereafter outstanding, or make any other distribution or dividend in respect of any of the foregoing or to any shareholder or equity owner of Seller, either directly or indirectly, whether in cash or property or in obligations of Seller or any of Seller’s consolidated Subsidiaries at any time (i) following the occurrence and during the continuation of a Default, (ii) in violation of any applicable Subordination Agreement, or (iii) if, on a pro forma basis giving effect thereto, a Default or Event of Default would then exist or result therefrom.
(s)    Disposition of Assets; Liens.  Seller shall not create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any mortgage, pledge, Lien, charge or other encumbrance of any nature whatsoever on any of the Repurchase Assets, whether real, personal or mixed, now or hereafter owned, other than the Liens created in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; nor shall Seller cause any of the Purchased Mortgage Loans to be sold, pledged, assigned or transferred except as permitted hereunder.
(t)    Transactions with Affiliates.  Seller shall not enter into any transaction, including, without limitation, the purchase, sale, lease or exchange of property or assets or the rendering or accepting of any service with any Affiliate unless such transaction is (i) not otherwise prohibited in this Agreement, (ii) in the ordinary course of Seller’s business, and (iii) 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. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing herein prohibits Seller from making or paying any dividend or distributions to its members or shareholders on account of their equity interests in Seller.  Provided, however, that no dividend or distribution shall be made or paid in violation of Section 12(r) of this Agreement.
(u)    ERISA Matters.
(i)    Seller shall not permit any event or condition which is described in the definition of “Event of ERISA Termination” to occur or exist with respect to any Plan or Multiemployer Plan if such event or condition, together with all other events or conditions described in the definition of Event of ERISA Termination occurring within the prior 12 months, involves the payment of money by or an incurrence of liability of Seller or any ERISA Affiliate thereof, or any combination of such entities in an amount in excess of the ERISA Liability Threshold.
(ii)    Seller shall not be an employee benefit plan as defined in Section 3(3) of Title I of ERISA, or a plan described in Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code, and Seller shall not use “plan assets” within the meaning of 29 CFR §2510.3-101, as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA, to engage in this Agreement or the Transactions hereunder and transactions by or with Seller are not subject to any state or local statute regulating investments of, or fiduciary obligations with respect to any governmental plans within the meaning of Section 3(32) of ERISA.
(v)    Consolidations, Mergers and Sales of Assets.  Seller shall not (i) consolidate or merge with or into any other Person, or (ii) sell, lease or otherwise transfer all or substantially all of its assets to any other Person.  Seller shall not (i) cause or permit any change to be made in its name, organizational identification number, identity or corporate structure, each as described in Section 11(h), or (ii) change its jurisdiction of organization, unless it shall have provided the Administrative Agent thirty (30) days’ prior written notice of such change and shall have first taken all action required by the 
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Administrative Agent for the purpose of perfecting or protecting the lien and security interest of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Buyers established hereunder.
(w)    Underwriting Guidelines.  Without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, Seller shall not materially deviate from the Underwriting Guidelines, as in effect from time to time, in connection with its origination of Purchased Mortgage Loans.  Seller shall provide the Administrative Agent prompt written notice of any material changes to Seller’s then Underwriting Guidelines, including therewith a complete copy of Seller’s updated Underwriting Guidelines and a summary of the changes from the then most recent Underwriting Guidelines.
(x)    No Amendment or Compromise.  Without the Administrative Agent’s prior written consent, Seller or those acting on behalf of Seller shall not amend or modify, or waive any term or condition of, or settle or compromise any claim in respect of, any item of the Purchased Mortgage Loans, provided that a Purchased Mortgage Loan may be amended or modified if such amendment or modification does not affect the amount or timing of any payment of principal or interest, extend its scheduled maturity date, modify its interest rate, or constitute a cancellation or discharge of its outstanding principal balance and does not materially and adversely affect the security afforded the Mortgaged Property securing the Mortgage Loan.
(y)     Agency Approvals; Servicing.  Seller shall maintain its status and approvals as set forth in Section 11(x), in each case in good standing (each such approval, an “Approval”).  Should Seller, for any reason, cease to possess all such applicable Approvals to the extent necessary, or should notification to the relevant Agency or Governmental Authority be required, Seller shall so notify the Administrative Agent immediately in writing.  Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, Seller shall take all necessary action to maintain all of its applicable Approvals at all times during the term of this Agreement and each outstanding Transaction.
(z)    Sharing of Information.  Seller hereby allows and consents to each of the Administrative Agent and the Buyers exchanging information related to Seller, its credit, and the Transactions hereunder with third party lenders or facility providers participating in the facility subject to the confidentiality restrictions contained in this Agreement, and Seller shall permit, and hereby authorizes, each such third party lender or facility provider to share such information with the Administrative Agent and the Buyers, provided that each such third party lender or facility provider shall be required to agree to confidentiality provisions at least as restrictive as those set forth in this Agreement.
(aa)    Indebtedness. In the event that Seller shall incur any additional Indebtedness (other than (i) existing Indebtedness in amounts not to exceed the amounts set forth on Schedule 2 to the Pricing Letter and (ii) usual and customary accounts payable for a mortgage company), Seller shall include such Indebtedness on the next Monthly Compliance Certificate.
SECTION 13.    EVENTS OF DEFAULT
If any of the following events (each an “Event of Default”) occur, the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Required Buyers, shall have the rights set forth in Section 14, as applicable:
(a)    Payment Default.  Seller shall default in the payment of (A) any amount payable by it hereunder or under any other Facility Document, including, without limitation, the failure to satisfy any Margin Call by the applicable Margin Deadline, (B) Expenses (and such failure to pay Expenses shall 
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continue for more than 15 calendar days) or (C) any other Obligations, when the same shall become due and payable, whether at the due date thereof, or by acceleration or otherwise; or
(b)    Representation and Warranty Breach.  Any representation, warranty or certification made or deemed made herein or in any other Facility Document by Seller or any certificate furnished to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the provisions hereof or thereof or any information with respect to the Mortgage Loans furnished in writing by on behalf of Seller shall prove to have been untrue or misleading in any material respect as of the time made or furnished; provided, however, unless such breach is knowing and intentional, a breach of the representation or warranty set forth in Section 11(g)(i) shall result in the subject Mortgage Loan being a Defective Mortgage Loan and shall not in and of itself constitute an Event of Default; or
(c)    Immediate Covenant Default.  The failure of Seller to perform, comply with or observe any term, covenant or agreement applicable to Seller contained in any of Sections 12(j)(Financial Condition Covenants); 12(l)(No Adverse Selection); 12(p)(Illegal Activities); 12(q)(Material Change in Business); 12(r)(Limitation on Dividends and Distributions) or 12(y)(Agency Approvals; Servicing); or 
(d)    Additional Covenant Defaults.  Seller shall fail to observe or perform any other covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement (and not identified in clause (c) of Section 13), or in any other Facility Document to which Seller is a party, and if such default shall be capable of being remedied, such failure to observe or perform shall continue unremedied for a period of ten (10) Business Days; or
(e)    Judgments.  A judgment or judgments for the payment of money in excess of the Litigation Threshold in the aggregate shall be rendered against Seller by one or more courts, administrative tribunals or other bodies having jurisdiction and the same shall not be satisfied, discharged (or provision shall not be made for such discharge) or bonded, or a stay of execution thereof shall not be procured, within thirty (30) calendar days after the date of entry thereof, and Seller shall not, within said period of thirty (30) calendar days, or such longer period during which execution of the same shall have been stayed or bonded, appeal therefrom and cause the execution thereof to be stayed during such appeal; or
(f)    Cross Default.  Any “event of default” or any other default which permits a demand for, or requires, the early repayment of obligations due by Seller under any agreement (to the extent not cured, waived or deemed not to exist after the expiration of any applicable grace period under any such agreement) relating to any Indebtedness in excess of one million dollars ($1,000,000) of Seller Party or any default under any Obligation not described in Section 13(a) (after the expiration of any applicable grace period); or
(g)    Insolvency Event.  An Insolvency Event shall have occurred with respect to Seller; or
(h)    Enforceability.  For any reason, any Facility Document at any time shall not be in full force and effect in all material respects or shall not be enforceable in all material respects in accordance with its terms, or any Lien granted pursuant thereto shall fail to be perfected and of first priority, or any Person (other than the Buyers) shall contest the validity, enforceability, perfection or priority of any Lien granted pursuant thereto (other than with respect to Liens on any Repurchase Asset), 
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or any party thereto (other than the Buyers) shall seek to disaffirm, terminate, limit or reduce its obligations thereunder; or
(i)    Liens.  (i) Seller shall grant, or suffer to exist, any Lien on any Repurchase Asset (except any Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent as agent for Buyers) and such default continues for one (1) Business Day; or (ii) neither one of the following is true: (A) the Repurchase Assets shall have been sold to Buyers, or (B)(1)the Liens contemplated hereby are first priority perfected Liens on a substantial portion of the Repurchase Assets in favor of the Administrative Agent, as agent for the Buyers, and (2) are not Liens in favor of any Person other than the Administrative Agent as agent for Buyers and such default under subclause (B)(2) continues for one (1) Business Day; or
(j)    Material Adverse Effect.  The Administrative Agent, at the direction of the Required Buyers, shall have determined that a Material Adverse Effect has occurred; or
(k)    ERISA.  (i) Seller shall engage in any “prohibited transaction” (as defined in Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) involving any Plan, (ii) any “accumulated funding deficiency” (as defined in Section 304 of ERISA), whether or not waived, shall exist with respect to any Plan or any Lien in favor of the PBGC or a Plan shall arise on the assets of Seller or any ERISA Affiliate, (iii) a Reportable Event shall occur with respect to, or proceedings shall commence to have a trustee appointed, or a trustee shall be appointed, to administer or to terminate, Plan of Seller, which Reportable Event or commencement of proceedings or appointment of a trustee is, in the reasonable opinion of the Required Buyers, likely to result in the termination of such Plan for purposes of Title IV of ERISA, (iv) Plan of Seller shall terminate for purposes of Title IV of ERISA, (v) Seller or any ERISA Affiliate shall, or in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent, at the direction of the Required Buyers, is likely to, incur any liability in connection with a withdrawal from, or the insolvency or reorganization of, a Multiemployer Plan, or (vi) any other event or condition shall occur or exist with respect to Plan of Seller; and in each case in clauses (i) through (vi) above, such event or condition, together with all other such events or conditions, if any, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or
(l)    Change in Control.  A Change in Control shall have occurred unless otherwise consented to by the Administrative Agent (who has obtained consent from the Buyers); or
(m)    Going Concern.  Any Financial Reporting Party’s audited Financial Statements or notes thereto or other opinions or conclusions stated therein shall be qualified or limited by reference to the status of such Financial Reporting Party as a “going concern” or reference of similar import; or
(n)    Defective Mortgage Loans.  One or more Purchased Mortgage Loans shall be Defective Mortgage Loans and Seller fails to repurchase such Defective Mortgage Loans within two (2) Business Days; or
(o)    Investigations.  There shall occur the initiation of any investigation, audit, examination or review of Seller by an Agency, any Governmental Authority, any trade association or consumer advocacy group relating to the origination, sale or servicing of Mortgage Loans by Seller or the business operations of Seller, with the exception of normally scheduled audits or examinations by Seller’s regulators, if the Administrative Agent, at the direction of the Required Buyers, reasonably believes that such investigation, audit, examination, or review is likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
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SECTION 14.    REMEDIES
(a)    If an Event of Default occurs, the following rights and remedies are available to the Administrative Agent, at the direction of the Required Buyers; provided, that an Event of Default shall be deemed to be continuing unless expressly waived by the Administrative Agent, at the direction of the Required Buyers, in writing :
(i)    At the option of the Required Buyers, the Administrative Agent shall, upon written notice to Seller, declare the Repurchase Date for each Transaction hereunder to have occurred, if it has not already occurred.  The Administrative Agent shall (except upon the occurrence of an Insolvency Event of Seller) give notice to Seller of the exercise of such option as promptly as practicable.  The Repurchase Date for each Transaction shall be deemed to immediately occur upon the occurrence of an Insolvency Event of Seller, without notice by the Administrative Agent or any Buyer.
(ii)    If the Administrative Agent, at the direction of the Required Buyers, exercises or is deemed to have exercised the option referred to in subsection (a)(i) of this Section,
(A)    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 subsection (a)(i) of this Section, (1) shall thereupon become immediately due and payable and (2) all Income paid after such exercise or deemed exercise shall be retained by the Administrative Agent and applied to the aggregate unpaid Repurchase Price and any other amounts owed by Seller hereunder;
(B)    to the extent permitted by applicable Requirements of Law, the Repurchase Price with respect to each such Transaction shall be increased by the aggregate amount obtained by daily application of, on a 360 day per year basis for the actual number of days during the period from and including the date of the exercise or deemed exercise of such option to but excluding the date of payment of the Repurchase Price as so increased, (x) the Post-Default Rate in effect following an Event of Default to (y) the Repurchase Price for such Transaction as of the Repurchase Date as determined pursuant to subsection (a)(i) of this Section (decreased as of any day by (i) any amounts actually in the possession of the Administrative Agent pursuant to clause (C) of this subsection, and (ii) any proceeds from the sale of Purchased Mortgage Loans applied to the Repurchase Price pursuant to subsection (a)(iv) of this Section); and
(C)    all Income actually received by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 5 shall be applied pro rata to the aggregate unpaid Obligations owed by Seller.
(iii)    Upon the occurrence of one or more Events of Default, the Administrative Agent shall have the right to obtain physical possession of all files of Seller relating to the Purchased Mortgage Loans and the Repurchase Assets and all documents relating to the Purchased Mortgage Loans which are then or may thereafter come into the possession of Seller or any third party acting for Seller and Seller shall deliver to the Administrative Agent such assignments as the Administrative Agent shall request.  The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to specific performance of all agreements of Seller contained in the Facility Documents.
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Purchased Mortgage Loans, the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Buyers may (A) immediately sell, without demand or further notice of any kind, at a public or private sale and at such price or prices as the Administrative Agent, at the direction of the Required Buyers, may deem satisfactory any or all Purchased Mortgage Loans and the Repurchase Assets subject to a such Transactions hereunder and apply the proceeds thereof to the aggregate unpaid Repurchase Prices and any other amounts owing by Seller hereunder or (B)at the direction of the Required Buyers, in lieu of selling all or a portion of such Purchased Mortgage Loans, to give 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 Seller hereunder.  The proceeds of any disposition of Purchased Mortgage Loans and the Repurchase Assets shall be applied as determined by the Administrative Agent, at the direction of the Required Buyers.
(v)    Seller shall be liable to the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Buyers for (i) the amount of all reasonable legal or other expenses (including, without limitation, all costs and expenses 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 (including the costs of internal counsel) incurred by the Administrative Agent 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.
(vi)    Whether or not the Buyers have exercised any one or more of its other rights and remedies, the Administrative Agent may, at the direction of the Required Buyers may elect to increase the Pricing Rate to equal the Post-Default Rate.
(vii)    The Administrative Agent and the Buyers shall have, in addition to its rights hereunder, any rights otherwise available to it under any other agreement or applicable Requirements of Law.
(b)    The Administrative Agent and the Buyers may exercise one or more of the remedies available hereunder immediately upon the occurrence of an Event of Default and 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 the Administrative Agent or the Buyers may have.
(c)    The Administrative Agent and the Buyers may enforce their rights and remedies hereunder without prior judicial process or hearing, and Seller hereby expressly waives any defenses Seller might otherwise have to require the Administrative Agent or the Buyers 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 non-judicial process, enforcement and sale of all or any portion of the Repurchase Assets, or from any other election of remedies.  Seller recognizes that non-judicial 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.
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(d)    To the extent permitted by applicable Requirements of Law, Seller shall be liable to the Buyers 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 the Buyers’s rights hereunder.  Interest on any sum payable by Seller to the Buyers under this paragraph 14(d) shall be at a rate equal to the Post-Default Rate.
(e)    Without limiting the rights of the Administrative Agent or the Buyers to pursue all other legal and equitable rights available to the Administrative Agent or the Buyers 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 the Administrative Agent and the Buyers 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 the Administrative Agent or the Buyers from pursuing any other remedies for such breach, including the recovery of monetary damages.
SECTION 15.    INDEMNIFICATION AND EXPENSES; RECOURSE
(a)    Seller agrees to hold the Administrative Agent, each Buyer, their Affiliates, and its and their respective officers, directors, employees, agents and advisors (each an “Indemnified Party”) harmless from and indemnify any Indemnified Party against all liabilities, losses, damages, judgments, costs and expenses of any kind which may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against such Indemnified Party (collectively, “Costs”), relating to or arising out of this Agreement, any other Facility Document or any transaction contemplated hereby or thereby, or any amendment, supplement or modification of, or any waiver or consent under or in respect of, this Agreement, any other Facility Document or any transaction contemplated hereby or thereby, that, in each case, results from anything other than the Indemnified Party’s gross negligence or willful misconduct.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Seller agrees to hold any Indemnified Party harmless from and indemnify such Indemnified Party against all Costs with respect to all Mortgage Loans relating to or arising out of any taxes incurred or assessed in connection with the ownership of the Mortgage Loans, that, in each case, results from anything other than the Indemnified Party’s gross negligence or willful misconduct.  In any suit, proceeding or action brought by an Indemnified Party in connection with any Mortgage Loan for any sum owing thereunder, or to enforce any provisions of any Mortgage Loan, Seller will save, indemnify and hold harmless such Indemnified Party from and against all expense, loss or damage suffered by reason of any defense, set off, counterclaim, recoupment or reduction or liability whatsoever of the account debtor or obligor thereunder, arising out of a breach by Seller of any obligation thereunder or arising out of any other agreement, indebtedness or liability at any time owing to or in favor of such account debtor or obligor or its successors from Seller.  Seller also agrees to reimburse an Indemnified Party as and when billed by such Indemnified Party for all the Indemnified Party’s costs and expenses incurred in connection with the enforcement or the preservation of Administrative Agent’s or Buyers’  rights under this Agreement, any other Facility Document or any transaction contemplated hereby or thereby, including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and disbursements of its counsel.  In no case shall the Seller enter into any settlement agreement that admits wrongdoing on behalf of the Buyers or requires the Buyers to pay any money or penalty without the written consent of the Buyers.
(b)    Seller agrees to pay, without duplication, as and when billed by the Administrative Agent all of the out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and each Buyer in connection with any amendment, supplement or modification to this Agreement, any other Facility Document or any other documents prepared in connection herewith or therewith provided that such amendment, supplement or modification was not requested by the Administrative Agent or any 
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Buyer.  Subject to the preceding sentence, Seller agrees to pay as and when billed by the Administrative Agent all of the reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with the consummation and administration of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby including, without limitation, filing fees and all the reasonable fees, disbursements and expenses of counsel to the Administrative Agent and each Buyer, without duplication.  Seller agrees to pay, without duplication, the Administrative Agent and each Buyer all the reasonable out of pocket due diligence, inspection, testing and review costs and expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and each Buyer with respect to Mortgage Loans submitted by Seller for purchase under this Agreement, including, but not limited to, those out of pocket costs and expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and each Buyer pursuant to Sections 15(a) and 17 hereof.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, Seller shall not be responsible for counsel fees or expenses of the Administrative Agent or any Buyer in connection with the preparation of the initial Facility Documents.
(c)    The obligations of Seller from time to time to pay the Repurchase Price (including all Price Differential) and all other amounts due under this Agreement shall be full recourse obligations of Seller; provided that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Seller shall not be responsible for any failure by the Administrative Agent to (i) remit amounts it receives related to the Repurchase Price to applicable Buyer or (ii) to provide any other information to Buyers required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Buyers or as agent thereof.
(d)    The obligations of Seller under this Section 15 hereof shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
SECTION 16.    SERVICING
(a)    As a condition of purchasing a Mortgage Loan, the Administrative Agent may require Seller to service such Mortgage Loan as agent for the Buyers for a term of thirty (30) days (the “Servicing Term”), which is renewable as provided in clause (d) below, on the following terms and conditions:
(b)    Seller shall service and administer the Purchased Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Buyers in accordance with  Accepted Servicing Practices, and in accordance with all applicable requirements of the Agencies, Requirements of Law, the provisions of any applicable servicing agreement, and the requirements of any applicable Takeout Commitment and the Takeout Investor, so that the eligibility of the Purchased Mortgage Loan for purchase under such Takeout Commitment is not voided or reduced by such servicing and administration.
(c)    If any Mortgage Loan that is proposed to be sold on a Purchase Date is serviced by a servicer other than Seller or any of its Affiliates (a “Subservicer”), or if the servicing of any such Mortgage Loan is to be transferred to a Subservicer, Seller shall provide a copy of the related servicing agreement and a Servicer Notice executed by such Subservicer (collectively, the “Servicing Agreement”) to the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Buyers prior to such Purchase Date or servicing transfer date, as applicable.  Each such Servicing Agreement shall be in form and substance acceptable to the Required Buyers.  In addition, Seller shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, upon approval of the Required Buyers, for such Subservicer to subservice the Purchased Mortgage Loans, which consent may be withheld in the Required Buyers’ sole discretion.  In no event shall Seller’s use of a Subservicer relieve Seller of its obligations hereunder, and Seller shall remain liable under this Agreement as if Seller were servicing such Mortgage Loans directly.
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(d)    Seller shall deliver the physical and contractual master servicing of each Purchased Mortgage Loan, together with all of the related Records in its possession, to the Administrative Agent’s designee upon the earliest of (w) the occurrence of a Default or Event of Default hereunder, (x) the termination of Seller as servicer by the Administrative Agent, upon approval of the Required Buyers, pursuant to this Agreement, (y) the expiration (and non-renewal) of the Servicing Term, or (z) the transfer of servicing to any entity approved by the Administrative Agent, upon approval of the Required Buyers, and the assumption thereof by such entity.  The Administrative Agent, upon approval of the Required Buyers, shall have the right to terminate Seller as master servicer (and any Subservicer as subservicer) of any of the Purchased Mortgage Loans, which right shall be exercisable at any time in the Required Buyers’ sole discretion, upon written notice.  In addition, Seller shall deliver the physical and contractual master servicing of each Purchased Mortgage Loan, together with all of the related Records in its possession to the Administrative Agent’s designee, upon expiration of the Servicing Term; provided that the Servicing Term and such delivery requirement will be deemed renewed  for a like period on the last day of the Servicing Term, and on the last day of each such renewed Servicing Term, in the absence of directions to the contrary from the Administrative Agent; provided further that such delivery requirement will no longer apply to any Mortgage Loan, and Seller shall have no further obligation to service such Mortgage Loan as agent for the Buyers, upon receipt by the Administrative Agent of the Repurchase Price therefor.  Seller’s transfer of the Records and the physical and contractual servicing under this Section shall be in accordance with customary standards in the industry and such transfer shall include the transfer of the gross amount of all escrows held for the related mortgagors (without reduction for unreimbursed advances or “negative escrows”).
(e)    During the period Seller is servicing the Purchased Mortgage Loans as agent for the Buyers, Seller agrees that the Buyers are the owner of the related Credit Files and Records and Seller shall at all times maintain and safeguard and cause any Subservicer to maintain and safeguard the Credit File for the Mortgage Loan (including photocopies or images of the documents delivered to the Administrative Agent), and accurate and complete records of its servicing of the Mortgage Loan; Seller’s possession of the Credit Files and Servicing Records being for the sole purpose of master servicing such Mortgage Loans and such retention and possession by Seller being in a custodial capacity only.  Seller hereby grants the Administrative Agent, as agent for the Buyers, a security interest in all servicing fees to secure the obligations of Seller and any Subservicer to service in conformity with this Section and any related Servicing Agreement.
(f)    At the Administrative Agent’s request, Seller shall promptly deliver to the Administrative Agent reports regarding the status of any Mortgage Loan being serviced by Seller, which reports shall include, but shall not be limited to, a description of any default thereunder for more than thirty (30) days or such other circumstances that could cause a material adverse effect on such Mortgage Loan, the Buyers’ title to such Mortgage Loan or the collateral securing such Mortgage Loan; Seller may be required to deliver such reports until the repurchase of the Mortgage Loan by Seller.  Seller shall notify the Administrative Agent by the fifth (5th) Business Day of the following month if it becomes aware of any payment default that occurs under the Mortgage Loan or any default under any Servicing Agreement that would materially and adversely affect any Mortgage Loan subject thereto.
(g)    Seller shall release its custody of the contents of any Credit File or Mortgage File only (i) in accordance with the written instructions of the Administrative Agent, (ii) upon the consent of the Administrative Agent when such release is required as incidental to Seller’s servicing of the Mortgage Loan, is required to complete the Takeout Commitment or comply with the Takeout Commitment requirements, or (iii) as required by Requirements of Law.
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(h)    The Administrative Agent, at the direction of the Required Buyers, reserves the right to appoint a successor servicer at any time to service any Mortgage Loan (each a “Successor Servicer”).  If the Required Buyers direct the Administrative Agent to elect such an appointment due to a Default or Event of Default, Seller shall be assessed all costs and expenses incurred by the Buyers associated with transferring the Mortgage Loans to the Successor Servicer.  In the event of such an appointment, Seller shall perform all acts and take all action so that any part of the Credit File and related Records held by Seller, together with all Income and other receipts relating to such Mortgage Loan, are promptly delivered to Successor Servicer, and shall otherwise reasonably cooperate with the Administrative Agent in effectuating such transfer.  Seller shall have no claim for lost servicing income, lost profits or other damages if the Administrative Agent or the Required Buyers appoint a Successor Servicer hereunder and the servicing fee is reduced or eliminated.
(i)    For the avoidance of doubt, Seller retains no economic rights to the servicing of the Purchased Mortgage Loans provided that Seller shall continue to service the Purchased Mortgage Loans hereunder as part of its Obligations hereunder.  As such, Seller expressly acknowledges that the Purchased Mortgage Loans are sold to the Buyers on a “servicing released” basis.
SECTION 17.    DUE DILIGENCE
Seller acknowledges that the Buyers, together, through a designated third party (the “Buyer Diligence Designee”), and a Buyer’s regulators, have the right to perform continuing due diligence reviews with respect to the Mortgage Loans and Sellers, for purposes of verifying compliance with the representations, warranties and specifications made hereunder, or otherwise, and Seller agrees that upon reasonable prior notice unless an Event of Default shall have occurred, in which case no notice is required, to Seller, the Buyer Diligence Designee will be permitted during normal business hours to examine, inspect, and make copies and extracts of, the Mortgage Files and any and all documents, records, agreements, instruments or information relating to such Mortgage Loans in the possession or under the control of Seller or Custodian.  Seller also shall make available to the Buyer Diligence Designee 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 the Buyers may purchase Mortgage Loans from Seller based solely upon the information provided by Seller to the Administrative Agent in the Purchased Mortgage Loan Schedule and the representations, warranties and covenants contained herein, and that the Buyers, through the Buyer Diligence Designee, have 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 and new appraisals on the related Mortgaged Properties and otherwise regenerating the information used to originate such Mortgage Loan.  Each Buyer may underwrite such Mortgage Loans itself or engage a mutually agreed upon third party underwriter to perform such underwriting.  Seller agrees to cooperate with the Buyers and any third party underwriter in connection with such underwriting, including, but not limited to, providing each Buyer 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 or Custodian..  Seller further agrees that Seller shall pay all out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent in connection with activities pursuant to this Section 17 (“Due Diligence Costs”); provided, however, that Seller shall not be responsible for a Buyer’s Due Diligence Costs in excess of the Due Diligence Cap per year or any Due Diligence Costs incurred in connection with the initial due diligence conducted by such Buyer prior to the date hereof.  
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SECTION 18.    SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS
(a)    Successors and Assigns Generally.  The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that the Seller may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and each Buyer (and any other attempted assignment or transfer by any party hereto shall be null and void), and no Buyer may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder except (i) to an assignee in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (b) of this Section, (ii) by way of participation in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (d) of this Section, or (iii) by way of pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to the restrictions of paragraph (e) of this Section.  Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants to the extent provided in paragraph (d) of this Section and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent and the Buyers) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
(b)    Assignments by Buyers(c)    .  Any Buyer may at any time assign to one or more Affiliates of such Buyer or to another Buyer under this Agreement all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of Transactions at the time owing to it); provided that any such assignment shall be subject to the following conditions:
(i)    Minimum Amounts.
(A)    in the case of an assignment of the entire amount of the Buyer’s Facility Sum of the assigning Buyer and the Transactions at the time outstanding allocable to such Buyer, such assignment shall not be subject to the minimum amount specified in paragraph (b)(i)(B) of this Section;
(B)    in any case not described in paragraph (b)(i)(A) of this Section, the aggregate amount of the Buyer’s Facility Sum and the Transactions allocable to such Buyer at the time outstanding (determined as of the date the Assignment and Acceptance with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent or, if a “Trade Date” is specified in the Assignment and Acceptance, as of the Trade Date) and subject to each assignment shall not be less than $5,000,000, unless, so long as no Default has occurred and is continuing, the Seller otherwise consents (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); and
(C)    such assignment is consented to by the Administrative Agent, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed.  
(ii)    Proportionate Amounts.  Each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Buyer’s rights and obligations under this Agreement with respect to all Transactions allocable to such Buyer.
(iii)    Required Consents.  No consent shall be required for any assignment except to the extent required by paragraph (b)(i)(B) and (C) of this Section; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the permitted assignees shall be limited as described in Section 18(b).
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(iv)    Assignment and Acceptance.  The parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Acceptance, together with a processing and recordation fee of $[***]; provided that the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, elect to waive such processing and recordation fee in the case of any assignment.  The assignee, if it is not a Buyer, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire.
(v)    No Assignment to Certain Persons.  No such assignment shall be made to (i) the Seller or any of the Seller’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries, or (ii) without the consent of the Seller, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld an entity that is not an FDIC insured institution.
(vi)    No Assignment to Natural Persons.  No such assignment shall be made to a natural person (or a holding company, investment vehicle or trust for, or owned and operated for the primary benefit of, a natural person).
(vii)    No Assignment to Defaulting Buyers. No such assignment shall be made to any Defaulting Buyer or any of its Affiliates or  Subsidiaries. 
(viii)    Notice to Seller. Any assignment made pursuant to this Section shall require prompt written notice to Seller.
(ix)    Certain Additional Payments. In connection with any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Buyer hereunder, no such assignment shall be effective unless and until, in addition to the other conditions thereto set forth herein, the parties to the assignment shall make such additional payments to the Administrative Agent in an aggregate amount sufficient, upon distribution thereof as appropriate (which may be outright payment, purchases by the assignee of participations or subparticipations, or other compensating actions, including funding, with the consent of Seller and the Administrative Agent, the applicable pro rata share of Transactions previously requested but not funded by the Defaulting Buyer, to each of which the applicable assignee and assignor hereby irrevocably consent), to pay and satisfy in full all payment liabilities then owed by such Defaulting Buyer to the Administrative Agent or Seller hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Buyer hereunder shall become effective under applicable Law without compliance with the provisions of this paragraph, then the assignee of such interest shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Buyer for all purposes of this Agreement until such compliance occurs.
Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section and to the requirements of paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Acceptance, the assignee thereunder shall be a party to this Agreement and the other Facility Documents to the extent the assigning Buyer was a party to such documents prior to the assignment and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and obligations of a Buyer under this Agreement, and the assigning Buyer thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Acceptance, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Acceptance covering all of the assigning Buyer’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Buyer shall cease to be a party hereto) but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Section 6, Section 7 and Section 15 with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment; provided, that, 
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except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no assignment by a Defaulting Buyer will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Buyer’s having been a Defaulting Buyer..  Any assignment or transfer by a Buyer of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this paragraph shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Buyer of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with paragraph (d) of this Section.  
(c)    Register.  The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Seller and not a fiduciary, shall maintain at one of its offices a copy of each Assignment and Acceptance delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Buyers, and the pro rata of, and amounts of the Transactions owing to, each Buyer pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time.  The entries in the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and the Seller, the Administrative Agent and the Buyers shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Buyer hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement.  The Register shall be available for inspection by the Seller and any Buyer, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
(d)    Participations.  Any Buyer may at any time, without the consent of, but with notice to, the Seller and the Administrative Agent, sell participations to any Person (other than a natural person, or a holding company, investment vehicle or trust for, or owned and operated for the primary benefit of, a natural person, a Defaulting Buyer, a Defaulting Buyer’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries or Approved Funds or the Seller or any of the Seller’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries) (each, a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such Buyer’s rights and/or obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of the Transactions owing to it); provided that (i) such Buyer’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Buyer shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations, and (iii) the Seller, the Administrative Agent and Buyers shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Buyer in connection with such Buyer’s rights and obligations under this Agreement.  For the avoidance of doubt, each Buyer shall be responsible for the indemnity under Section 15 with respect to any payments made by such Buyer to its Participant(s).
Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Buyer sells such a participation shall provide that such Buyer shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Buyer will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver described in Section 36(e) that affects such Participant.  The Seller agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 6 and 7 (subject to the requirements and limitations therein) to the same extent as if it were a Buyer and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section; provided that such Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 6 or 7, with respect to any participation, than its participating Buyer would have been entitled to receive  To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 23 as though it were a Buyer; provided that such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 19(k) as though it were a Buyer.  Each Buyer that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Seller, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each Participant’s interest in the Transactions or other obligations under the Facility Documents (the “Participant Register”); provided that no Buyer shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in any commitments, loans or its other obligations under any Facility Document) to any Person except (i) to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such commitment, 
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loan or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations and (ii) to Seller or the Administrative Agent at their request.  The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Buyer shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary.  For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent (in its capacity as Administrative Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.
(e)    Certain Pledges.  Any Buyer may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Buyer, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank; provided that no such pledge or assignment shall release such Buyer from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Buyer as a party hereto.
SECTION 19.    AGENCY
(a)    Appointment and Authority.
(i)    Each of the Buyers hereby irrevocably appoints TIAA Bank to act on its behalf as the Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Facility Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.  The provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Buyers, and the Seller shall not have rights as a third-party beneficiary of any of such provisions.  It is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” herein or in any other Facility Documents (or any other similar term) with reference to the Administrative Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any Requirements of Law.  Instead such term is used as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between contracting parties.
(ii)    In its capacity as Administrative Agent until all Purchased Mortgage Loans have all been repurchased by the Seller, all other Obligations have been satisfied and the Buyers have no further obligations under this Agreement and the other Facility Documents, the Administrative Agent shall:
(A)    hold the Facility Documents and (by the Custodian’s holding the Purchased Mortgage Loans as bailee for the Administrative Agent) the Purchased Mortgage Loans for the benefit of each Buyer, and each Buyer (including TIAA Bank) shall be deemed to have an interest in the Facility Documents on any day in proportion to its pro rata undivided ownership interest in the Purchased Mortgage Loans on that day;
(B)    send timely bills to the Seller for sums due and receive all sums on account of the Purchased Mortgage Loans or with respect to them;
(C)    use reasonable diligence to obtain from the Seller and promptly remit to each Buyer such Buyer’s pro rata share of Repurchase Prices for Purchased Mortgage 
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Loans and other sums received by the Administrative Agent on account of the Purchased Mortgage Loans or with respect to them, in accordance with this Agreement;
(D)    use reasonable diligence to recover from the Seller all expenses incurred that are reimbursable by the Seller, and promptly remit to each Buyer its pro rata share (if any) thereof;
(E)    hold the Purchased Mortgage Loans and all security interests established hereby ratably for itself as Administrative Agent and representative of the Buyers; and
(F)    request from the Seller, and promptly forward to the Buyers all such information obtained from the Seller, consistent with the terms of this Agreement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrative Agent shall coordinate the actions of Buyers, as applicable.
(b)    Rights as a Buyer.  The Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Buyer as any other Buyer and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and the term “Buyer” or “Buyers” shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, include the Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual capacity.  Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, own securities of, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for, and generally engage in any kind of business with, the Seller or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if such Person were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Buyers.
(c)    Exculpatory Provisions.
(i)    The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Facility Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent:
(A)    shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing;
(B)    shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Facility Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Buyers (or such other number or percentage of the Buyers as shall be expressly provided for herein or in the other Facility Documents); provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its nationally-recognized counsel, may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Facility Document or Requirements of Law, including for the avoidance of doubt any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under the Bankruptcy Code or any other debtor relief law; and
(C)    shall not, except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Facility Documents, have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, 
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any information relating to the Seller or any of its Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity.
(ii)    The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i) with the consent or at the request of the Required Buyers (or such other number or percentage of the Buyers as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith shall be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in Sections 13 and 36(e)), or (ii) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment.  The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until notice describing such Default is given to the Administrative Agent in writing by the Seller or a Buyer.
(iii)    The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Facility Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein or the occurrence of any Default, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Facility Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Section 3 or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent, (vi) the collectability of the Purchased Mortgage Loans, (vii) the legality, validity, enforceability, or any legal effect of any of the Facility Documents, or any insurance, bond or similar device purportedly protecting any obligation to the Buyers or any Purchased Mortgage Loans, (viii) the financial condition of Seller or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, the status, health or viability of any industry in which any of them is involved, the prospects for repayment of the Transactions, or the effectiveness of any of the provisions of the Facility Documents (including the financial covenants, tests and hedging requirements) or any aspect of their implementation or administration at any time to reduce or control risks of any type, to produce returns, profits, yields or spreads or to reduce or control losses, or (ix) any failure of Seller under this Agreement or any of the other Facility Documents to perform any of its obligations thereunder.
(d)    Reliance by Administrative Agent.  The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person.  The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and reasonably believed by it to have been made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon.  In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the entry into a Transaction that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Buyer, the Administrative Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Buyer unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Buyer prior to entering into such Transaction.  The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Seller), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts, provided such counsel, accountants and experts have been selected with due care and are nationally recognized.
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(e)    Delegation of Duties.  The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Facility Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent.  The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Related Parties.  The exculpatory provisions of this Article shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facility provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent.  The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any sub-agents except to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final and nonappealable judgment that the Administrative Agent acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct in the selection of such sub-agents.
(f)    Resignation of Administrative Agent.  
(i)    The Administrative Agent may at any time give notice of its resignation to the Buyers and the Seller.  Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Buyers shall have the right, in consultation with the Seller, to appoint a successor, which shall be a bank with an office in the United States, or an Affiliate of any such bank with an office in the United States.  If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Buyers and shall have accepted such appointment within thirty (30) days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation (or such earlier day as shall be agreed by the Required Buyers) (the “Resignation Effective Date”), then the retiring Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to), on behalf of the Buyers, in consultation with the Seller appoint a successor Administrative Agent meeting the qualifications set forth above, provided, that, in no event shall any such successor Administrative Agent be a Defaulting Buyer.  Whether or not a successor has been appointed, such resignation shall become effective in accordance with such notice on the Resignation Effective Date.
(ii)    If the Person serving as Administrative Agent is a Defaulting Buyer pursuant to clause (d) of the definition thereof, upon consent of all the Required Buyers (who are not Defaulting Buyers) such Buyers may, to the extent permitted by Requirements of Law, by notice in writing to the Seller and such Administrative Agent remove such Person as Administrative Agent and, with consent of the Seller, appoint a successor. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Buyers and shall have accepted such appointment within thirty (30) days (or such earlier day as shall be agreed by the Required Buyers) (the “Removal Effective Date”), then such removal shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice on the Removal Effective Date.
(iii)    With effect from the Resignation Effective Date or the Removal Effective Date (as applicable) (i) the retiring or removed Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Facility Documents (except that in the case of any collateral security held by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Buyers under any of the Facility Documents the retiring or removed Administrative Agent shall continue to hold such collateral security until such time as a successor Administrative Agent is appointed) and (ii) except for any indemnity payments owed to the retiring or removed Administrative Agent, all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through the Administrative Agent shall instead be made by or to each Buyer directly, until such time, if any, as the remaining Required Buyers in consultation with the Seller unanimously agree to appoint a successor Administrative Agent as provided for above.  Upon the acceptance of a successor’s 
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appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder and subject to Buyers having completed all “Know Your Customer” requirements for such successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring or removed Administrative Agent (other than any rights to indemnity payments owed to the retiring or removed Administrative Agent as of the Resignation Effective Date or the Removal Effective Date, as applicable), and the retiring or removed Administrative Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Facility Documents (if not already discharged therefrom as provided above in this Section).  The fees payable by the Seller to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Seller and such successor.  After the retiring or removed Administrative Agent’s resignation or removal hereunder and under the other Facility Documents, the provisions of this Article and Section 15 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring or removed Administrative Agent, its sub agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them (i) while the retiring or removed Administrative Agent was acting as Administrative Agent and (ii) after such resignation or removal for as long as any of them continues to act in any capacity hereunder or under the other Facility Documents, including (a) acting as collateral agent or otherwise holding any collateral security on behalf of any of the Buyers and (b) in respect of any actions taken in connection with transferring the agency to any successor Administrative Agent.
(g)    Non-Reliance on Agents and Other Buyers(g)    .  Each Buyer acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Buyer or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement.  Each Buyer also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Buyer or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Facility Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.
(h)    [Reserved].
(i)    Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim.  In case of the pendency of any proceeding under any Insolvency Event or any other judicial proceeding relative to the Seller, the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Transaction shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on the Seller) shall be entitled and empowered (but not obligated) by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:
(i)    to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Transactions and all other Obligations that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Buyers and the Administrative Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Buyers and the Administrative Agent and their 
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respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Buyers and the Administrative Agent under Section 15) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and
(ii)    to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same; and
(iii)    any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Buyer to make such payments to the Administrative Agent and, in the event that the Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Buyers, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Administrative Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Administrative Agent under Section 15 and any other Facility Document.
(j)    Certain ERISA Matters.
(i)    Each Buyer (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Buyer party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Buyer party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Buyer party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Seller, that at least one of the following is and will be true:
(A)    such Buyer is not using “plan assets” (within the meaning of Section 3(42) of ERISA or otherwise) of one or more Benefit Plans with respect to such Buyer’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Transactions or this Agreement,
(B)    the transaction exemption set forth in one or more PTEs, such as PTE 84-14 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by independent qualified professional asset managers), PTE 95-60 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company general accounts), PTE 90-1 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company pooled separate accounts), PTE 91-38 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving bank collective investment funds) or PTE 96-23 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by in-house asset managers), is applicable with respect to such Buyer’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Transactions and this Agreement,
(C)    (A) such Buyer is an investment fund managed by a “Qualified Professional Asset Manager” (within the meaning of Part VI of PTE 84-14), (B) such Qualified Professional Asset Manager made the investment decision on behalf of such Buyer to enter into, participate in, administer and perform the Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement, (C) the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement satisfies the requirements of sub-sections (b) through (g) of Part I of PTE 84- 14 and (D) to the best knowledge of such Buyer, the requirements of subsection (a) of Part I of PTE 84-14 are 
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satisfied with respect to such Buyer’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Transactions and this Agreement, or
(D)    such other representation, warranty and covenant as may be agreed in writing between the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, and such Buyer.
In addition, unless either (1) sub-clause (i) in the immediately preceding clause (a) is true with respect to a Buyer or (2) a Buyer has provided another representation, warranty and covenant in accordance with sub-clause (iv) in the immediately preceding clause (a), such Buyer further (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Buyer party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Buyer party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Buyer party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Seller, that the Administrative Agent is not a fiduciary with respect to the assets of such Buyer involved in such Buyer’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Transactions and this Agreement (including in connection with the reservation or exercise of any rights by the Administrative Agent under this Agreement, any Facility Document or any documents related hereto or thereto).
(k)    Sharing of Payments.  If any Buyer shall, by exercising any right of setoff or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any Repurchase Price, Price Differential or any Transaction or other obligations hereunder resulting in such Buyer receiving payment of a proportion of the aggregate amount of any Repurchase Price, Price Differential or in respect of any Transaction or other such obligations greater than its pro rata share thereof as provided herein in accordance with Buyer’s Facility Sum, then the Buyer receiving such greater proportion shall (a) notify the Administrative Agent of such fact, and (b) purchase (for cash at face value) interests in the Transactions and such other obligations of the other Buyers, or make such other adjustments as shall be equitable, so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Buyers ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of the Transactions in accordance with Buyer’s Facility Sum and other amounts owing them; provided that:
(i)    if any such interests are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered from such Buyer, such purchases of additional interests shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest; and
(ii)    the provisions of this Section shall not be construed to apply to (x) any payment made by the Seller pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement, (y) any payment obtained by a Buyer as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any Transaction to any assignee or participant, other than to the Seller or any Subsidiary thereof (as to which the provisions of this paragraph shall apply) or (z) any fees dues the Administrative Agent.
(l)    Enforcement  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Facility Document, the authority to enforce rights and remedies hereunder and under the other Facility Documents against the Seller shall be vested exclusively in, and all actions and proceedings at law in connection with such enforcement shall be instituted and maintained exclusively by, the Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 13 for the benefit of all the Buyers; provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit (i) the Administrative Agent from exercising on its own behalf the rights and remedies that inure to its benefit (solely in its capacity as Administrative Agent) hereunder and under the other Facility Documents, (ii) any Buyer from exercising setoff rights in accordance with Section 23 
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(subject to the terms of Section 19(k)) or (iii) any Buyer from filing proofs of claim or appearing and filing pleadings on its own behalf during the pendency of a proceeding relative to the Seller under any Insolvency Event; provided, further, that if at any time there is no Person acting as Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Facility Documents, then (x) the Required Buyers shall have the rights otherwise provided to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 13 and (y) in addition to the matters set forth in clauses (ii) and (iii) of the preceding proviso and subject to Section 19(l), any Buyer may, with the consent of all the Required Buyers, enforce any rights or remedies available to it and as authorized by the Required Buyers; provided that if a Buyer chooses to enforce such rights individually, then notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if a new Administrative Agent is hired, such Administrative Agent shall not enforce any rights or remedies that such Buyer is already enforcing individually.  
(m)    Administrative Agent’s Discretionary Actions. Subject to the limitations of Section 36(e), in its capacity as Administrative Agent and without seeking or obtaining the consent of any of the other Buyers (although it may elect to obtain such consent before acting it if deems that desirable), the Administrative Agent may:
(i)    agree or consent to any change in the aggregate not involving more than $18,000,000 of the Purchased Mortgage Loans at any time in the handling of the Purchased Mortgage Loans and which in the Administrative Agent’s reasonable judgment is unlikely to have a material adverse effect on any of the Central Elements in respect of the Seller or any of its Subsidiaries;
(ii)    reconvey, exchange or otherwise change, in whole or in part, any Purchased Mortgage Loans which are required to be reconveyed, exchanged or changed in accordance with the Facility Documents; 
(iii)    exercise any options or approval rights expressly provided in this Agreement; and
(iv)    do or perform any act or thing which, in the Administrative Agent’s reasonable judgment, is necessary or appropriate to enable the Administrative Agent to properly discharge and perform its day-to-day operational duties under this Agreement or the Custodial Agreement, or which in its reasonable judgment is necessary or appropriate to preserve or protect the validity, integrity or enforceability of the Purchased Mortgage Loans and/or the Facility Documents, the Buyers’ pro rata undivided ownership interests based on each Buyer’s Facility Sum in and to the Purchased Mortgage Loans, the Lien created by this Agreement and its priority, or any of the Central Elements in respect of the Seller or any of its Subsidiaries, or to preserve and protect the interest of the Buyers in any of the foregoing.  For the avoidance of doubt, nothing herein shall allow the Administrative Agent to make any material amendments to this Agreement or waive any portion thereof.
SECTION 20.    TRANSFER AND MAINTENANCE OF REGISTER
(a)    Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section 20, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Acceptance the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and obligations of such Buyer under this Agreement.  Any assignment or transfer by a Buyer of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section 
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20 shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Buyer of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with Section 20(b) hereof.
(b)    Administrative Agent on behalf of Seller a register (the “Register”) on which it will record each Buyer’s rights hereunder, and each Assignment and Acceptance and participation.  The Register shall include the names and addresses of each Buyer (including all assignees, successors and participants) and the percentage or portion of such rights and obligations assigned.  Failure to make any such recordation, or any error in such recordation shall not affect Seller’s obligations in respect of such rights.  If a Buyer sells a participation in its rights hereunder, it shall maintain as agent of Seller, and provide to Seller the information described in this paragraph and permit Seller to review such information as reasonably needed for Seller to comply with its obligations under this Agreement or under any applicable Requirements of Law.
SECTION 21.    HYPOTHECATION OR PLEDGE OF PURCHASED MORTGAGE LOANS
Title to all Purchased Mortgage Loans and Repurchase Assets shall pass to the Administrative Agent as agent of Buyers, and the Administrative Agent for the benefit of Buyers shall have free and unrestricted use of all Purchased Mortgage Loans.  Nothing in this Agreement shall preclude the Buyers from engaging in repurchase transactions with the Purchased Mortgage Loans or otherwise pledging, repledging, transferring, hypothecating, or rehypothecating the Purchased Mortgage Loans to any Person, including without limitation, the Federal Home Loan Bank; provided that Buyer provides Seller with prior written notice of any such transactions and in all cases subject to Buyer’s obligation to reconvey the Purchased Assets (and not substitutes therefor) on the Repurchase Date, all at no cost to Seller; provided that any such pledging, repledging, transferring, hypothecating, or rehypothecating the Purchased Mortgage Loans shall be subject to Seller’s rights hereunder in such Purchased Mortgage Loans.  Nothing contained in this Agreement shall obligate the Administrative Agent to segregate any Purchased Mortgage Loans delivered to the Administrative Agent by Seller.
SECTION 22.    TAX AND ACCOUNTING TREATMENT
Each party to this Agreement acknowledges that it is its intent for purposes of U.S. federal, state and local income and franchise taxes, and for accounting purposes, to treat each Transaction as indebtedness of Seller that is secured by the Purchased Mortgage Loans and that the Purchased Mortgage Loans are owned by Seller in the absence of a Default by Seller.  All parties to this Agreement agree to such treatment and agree to take no action inconsistent with this treatment, unless required by applicable Requirements of Law or GAAP. 
SECTION 23.    SET-OFF
In addition to any rights and remedies of the Buyers hereunder and by law, each Buyer shall have the right, without prior notice to Seller, any such notice being expressly waived by Seller to the extent permitted by applicable law, to set-off and appropriate and apply against any Obligation from Seller or any of Seller’s Affiliate to such Buyer or any of such Buyer’s 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 or cash, 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 such Buyer or any Affiliate of such Buyer to or for the credit or the account of Seller or any Affiliate of Seller.  Each Buyer agrees promptly to notify the Administrative Agent and the Seller after 
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any such set off and application made by such Buyer; provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set off and application. 
Each Buyer shall at any time have the right, in each case until such time as such Buyer determines otherwise, to retain, to suspend payment or performance of, or to decline to remit, any amount or property that a Buyer would otherwise be obligated to pay, remit or deliver to Seller hereunder if an Event of Default or Default has occurred.
SECTION 24.    TERMINABILITY
Each representation and warranty made or deemed to be made by entering into a Transaction, herein or pursuant hereto shall survive the making of such representation and warranty, and neither the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Buyers nor any Buyer shall be deemed to have waived any Default or Event of Default that may arise because any such representation or warranty shall have proved to be false or misleading, notwithstanding that such Administrative Agent or Buyer may have had notice or knowledge or reason to believe that such representation or warranty was false or misleading at the time the Transaction was made.  Notwithstanding any such termination or the occurrence of an Event of Default, all of the representations and warranties and covenants hereunder shall continue and survive.  
SECTION 25.    NOTICES AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS
Except as otherwise expressly permitted by this Agreement, all notices, requests and other communications provided for herein (including without limitation any modifications of, or waivers, requests or consents under, this Agreement) shall be given or made in writing (including without limitation by electronic transmission) delivered to the intended recipient at the “Address for Notices” specified below its name on the signature pages hereof or thereof); or, as to any party, at such other address as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to each other party. 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.  Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement and except for notices given under Section 3 (which shall be effective only on receipt), all such communications shall be deemed to have been duly given (a) when transmitted during business hours at the recipient’s place of business by email (if an email address for such purpose is provided for such Person), (b) when delivered, if delivered by hand (including by courier or overnight delivery service), or (c) in the case of a mailed notice, upon receipt, in each case given or addressed as aforesaid.  For the avoidance of doubt, unless specified otherwise herein, any notice required to be made by Seller is deemed effective upon delivery of such notice to the Administrative Agent.
SECTION 26.    USE OF THE WAREHOUSE ELECTRONIC SYSTEM AND OTHER ELECTRONIC MEDIA
Seller acknowledges and agrees that the Administrative Agent and the Buyers may require or permit certain transactions be conducted electronically using Electronic Records and/or Electronic Signatures. Seller consents to the use of Electronic Records and/or Electronic Signatures whenever expressly required or permitted by the Administrative Agent and acknowledges and agrees that Seller shall be bound by its Electronic Signature and by the terms, conditions, requirements, information and/or instructions contained in any such Electronic Records.
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Seller agrees to adopt as its Electronic Signature its user identification codes, passwords, personal identification numbers, access codes, a facsimile image of a written signature and/or other symbols or processes as provided or required by the Administrative Agent from time to time (as a group, any subgroup thereof or individually, hereinafter referred to as Seller’s Electronic Signature). Seller acknowledges that the Administrative Agent and the Buyers will rely on any and all Electronic Records and on Seller’s Electronic Signature transmitted or submitted to by Seller.
Neither the Administrative Agent nor any Buyer shall be liable for the failure of either its or Seller’s internet service provider, or any other telecommunications company, telephone company, satellite company or cable company to timely, properly and accurately transmit any Electronic Record or fax copy.
Before engaging in Electronic Transactions with Seller, the Administrative Agent may provide Seller, or require Seller to create, user identification codes, passwords, personal identification numbers and/or access codes, as applicable, to permit access to the Administrative Agent’s computer information processing system. Each Person permitted access to the Warehouse Electronic System must have a separate identification code and password.  Seller shall be fully responsible for protecting and safeguarding any and all user identification codes, passwords, personal identification numbers and access codes provided or required by the Administrative Agent. Seller shall adopt and maintain security measures to prevent the loss, theft or unauthorized or improper disclosure or use of any and all user identification codes, passwords, personal identification numbers and/or access codes by Persons other than the individual Person who is authorized to use such information. Seller shall notify the Administrative Agent immediately in the event (i) of any loss, theft or unauthorized disclosure or use of any of the user identification codes, passwords, personal identification numbers and/or access codes or (ii) Seller has any reason to believe there has been a breach of security or that its access to Warehouse Electronic System is no longer secure for any reason.
Seller understands and agrees that it shall be fully responsible for protecting and safeguarding its computer hardware and software from any and all (a) computer “viruses,” “time bombs,” “trojan horses” or other harmful computer information, commands, codes or programs that may cause or facilitate the destruction, corruption, malfunction or appropriation of, or damage or change to, any of Seller’s or the Administrative Agent’s computer information processing systems, including without limitation, all hardware, software, Electronic Records, information, data and/or codes and (b) computer “worms,” “trap doors” or other harmful computer information, commands, codes or programs that enable unauthorized access to Seller’s and/or the Administrative Agent’s computer information processing systems, including without limitation, all hardware, software, Electronic Records, information, data and/or codes.
Seller agrees that the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion and from time to time, without limiting Seller’s liability set forth herein, establish minimum security standards that Seller must, at a minimum, comply with in an effort to (x) protect and safeguard any and all user identification codes, passwords, personal identification numbers and/or access codes from loss, theft or unauthorized disclosure or use; and (y) prevent the infiltration and “infection” of Seller’s hardware and/or software by any and all computer “viruses,” “time bombs,” “trojan horses,” “worms,” “trapdoors” or other harmful computer codes or programs.
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any such minimum security standards. Seller’s compliance with such minimum security standards shall not relieve Seller from any of its liability set forth herein.
Whether or not the Administrative Agent establishes minimum security standards, Seller shall continue to be fully responsible for adopting and maintaining security measures that are consistent with industry practices as they relate to the risks associated with conducting electronic transactions with the Administrative Agent and the Buyers. Seller’s failure to adopt and maintain appropriate security measures or to comply with any minimum security standards established by the Administrative Agent may result in, among other things, termination of Seller’s access to the Administrative Agent’s computer information processing systems.
Seller understands and agrees that certain elements or components of the Warehouse Electronic System may be provided by third party vendors, and hereby holds the Administrative Agent harmless from any liabilities, losses, damages, judgments, costs and expenses of any kind which may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against Seller relating to or arising out of Seller’s use of the Warehouse Electronic System including, without limitation, the use or failure of any elements or components provided by third party vendors.
SECTION 27.    ENTIRE AGREEMENT; SEVERABILITY; SINGLE AGREEMENT
This Agreement, together with the Facility Documents, constitute the entire understanding between the Administrative Agent, the Buyers and Seller with respect to the subject matter they cover and shall supersede any existing agreements between the parties containing general terms and conditions for repurchase transactions involving Purchased Mortgage Loans.  By acceptance of this Agreement, the Administrative Agent, the Buyers and Seller each acknowledge that they have not made, and are not relying upon, any statements, representations, promises or undertakings not contained in this Agreement.  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.
The Administrative Agent, the Buyers and Seller acknowledge that, and have entered hereinto 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 that each has been entered into in consideration of the other Transactions.  Accordingly, each of the Administrative Agent, the 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 subject to Section 23, each Buyer shall be entitled to set off claims and apply property held by it in respect of any Transaction against obligations owing to it in respect of any other Transaction hereunder, (iii) that payments, deliveries, and other transfers made by any 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, and (iv) to promptly provide notice to the other after any such set off or application.
SECTION 28.    GOVERNING LAW
THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO THE CONFLICT OF LAW PRINCIPLES THEREOF, OTHER THAN SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE NEW YORK 
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GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY, THE EFFECTIVENESS, VALIDITY AND ENFORCEABILITY OF ELECTRONIC CONTRACTS, OTHER RECORDS, ELECTRONIC RECORDS AND ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES USED IN CONNECTION WITH ANY ELECTRONIC TRANSACTION BETWEEN THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, THE BUYERS AND SELLER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY E-SIGN.
SECTION 29.    SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; WAIVERS
THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, EACH BUYER AND SELLER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY:
(i)    PURSUANT TO SECTION 5-1402 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW, SUBMITS FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER FACILITY DOCUMENTS, OR FOR RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT IN RESPECT THEREOF, TO THE EXCLUSIVE PERSONAL JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, THE FEDERAL COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND APPELLATE COURTS FROM ANY THEREOF;
(ii)    CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE BROUGHT IN SUCH COURTS AND, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WAIVES ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT OR THAT SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING WAS BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT COURT AND AGREES NOT TO PLEAD OR CLAIM THE SAME;
(iii)    [RESERVED]; 
(iv)    AGREES THAT NOTHING HEREIN SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT TO EFFECT SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW OR SHALL LIMIT THE RIGHT TO SUE IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION; AND
(v)    HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER FACILITY DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY.
SECTION 30.    NO WAIVERS, ETC.
No failure on the part of the Administrative Agent or any Buyer to exercise and no delay in exercising, and no course of dealing with respect to, any right, power or privilege under any Facility Document shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege under any Facility Document preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege.  The remedies provided herein are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law.  An Event of Default shall be deemed to be continuing unless expressly waived by the Administrative Agent in writing, as instructed by the Required Buyers.
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SECTION 31.    CONFIDENTIALITY
Each of the Administrative Agent, the Buyers and Seller hereby acknowledge and agree that all written or computer-readable information provided by one party to any other regarding the terms set forth in any of the Facility Documents or the Transactions contemplated thereby (the “Confidential Terms”) shall be kept confidential and shall not be divulged to any Person (other than the Custodian) without the prior written consent of such other party except to the extent that (i) it is necessary to do so in working with legal counsel, auditors, taxing authorities or other governmental agencies or regulatory bodies or in order to comply with any applicable federal or state laws, (ii) any of the Confidential Terms are in the public domain other than due to a breach of this covenant, or (iii) in the event of an Event of Default the Administrative Agent or the Required Buyers determine such information to be necessary or desirable to disclose in connection with the marketing and sales of the Purchased Mortgage Loans or otherwise to enforce or exercise the Administrative Agent’s and the Buyers’ rights hereunder.  Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Facility Document, 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 neither the Seller nor the Administrative Agent may disclose the name of or identifying information with respect to the Buyers or any pricing terms (including, without limitation, the Pricing Rate, Warehouse Fees, 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 such Buyer.  In addition, Seller may disclose the Confidential Terms with prior (if feasible) written notice to Buyer, any disclosures or filing required under Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) or state securities’ laws; provided that Seller shall not file the Pricing Letter without Buyer’s prior written consent. The provisions set forth in this Section 31 shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, Seller shall comply with all applicable local, state and federal laws, including, without limitation, all privacy and data protection law, rules and regulations that are applicable to the Purchased Assets and/or any applicable terms of this Agreement (the “Confidential Information”).  Seller understands that the Confidential Information may contain “nonpublic personal information”, as that term is defined in Section 509(4) of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (the “GLB Act”), and Seller agrees to maintain such nonpublic personal information that it receives hereunder in accordance with the GLB 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 GLB Act) of the Administrative Agent, the Buyers or any Affiliate of the Buyers which the Administrative Agent or the Buyer holds, (b) protect against any threats or hazards to the security and integrity of such nonpublic personal information, and (c) protect against any unauthorized access to or use of such nonpublic personal information. Seller shall, at a minimum establish and maintain such data security program as is necessary to meet the objectives of the Interagency Guidelines Establishing Standards for Safeguarding Customer Information as set forth in the Code of Federal Regulations at 12 C.F.R. Parts 30, 208, 211, 225, 263, 308, 364, 568 and 570.  Upon request, Seller will provide evidence reasonably satisfactory to allow the Administrative Agent or the Buyers to confirm that Seller has satisfied its obligations as required under this Section.  Without limitation, this may include the Administrative Agent  or the Buyers’ review of audits, summaries of test results, and 
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other equivalent evaluations of Seller.  Seller shall notify the Administrative Agent and the Buyers immediately following discovery of any breach or compromise of the security, confidentiality, or integrity of nonpublic personal information of the customers and consumers of the Administrative Agent, the Buyers or any Affiliate of the Buyers provided directly to Seller by the Administrative Agent, the Buyers or such Affiliate of the Buyer.  Seller shall provide such notice to the Administrative Agent and the Buyers by personal delivery, by facsimile with confirmation of receipt, or by overnight courier with confirmation of receipt to the applicable requesting individual.
SECTION 32.    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 and a “securities contract” as that term is defined in Section 741 of Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended and that all payments hereunder are deemed “margin payments” or “settlement payments” as defined in Title 11 of the United States Code.
(b)    It is understood that either party’s right to liquidate Purchased Mortgage Loans delivered to it in connection with Transactions hereunder or to exercise any other remedies pursuant to Section 14 hereof is a contractual right to liquidate such Transaction as described in Sections 555 and 559 of Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended.
(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,” a “repurchase agreement” and a “securities contract” as such terms are defined in FDIA and any rules, orders or policy statements thereunder.
(d)    It is understood that this Agreement constitutes a “netting contract” as defined in and subject to Title IV of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991 (“FDICIA”) and each payment entitlement and payment obligation under any Transaction hereunder shall constitute a “covered contractual payment entitlement” or “covered contractual payment obligation”, respectively, as defined in and subject to FDICIA (except insofar as one or both of the parties is not a “financial institution” as that term is defined in FDICIA).
SECTION 33.    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 Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“1934 Act”), the Securities Investor Protection Corporation has taken the position that the provisions of the Securities Investor Protection Act of 1970 (“SIPA”) do not protect the other party with respect to any Transaction hereunder;
(b)    in the case of Transactions in which one of the parties is a government securities broker or a government securities dealer registered with the SEC under Section 15C of the 1934 Act, SIPA will not provide protection to the other party with respect to any Transaction hereunder; and
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are not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund, as applicable.
SECTION 34.    AUTHORIZATIONS
Any of the persons whose signatures and titles appear on Schedule 3 to the Pricing Letter are authorized, acting singly, to act for Seller, the Administrative Agent or a Buyer, as the case may be, under this Agreement.
SECTION 35.    ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF ANTI-PREDATORY LENDING POLICIES
Each Buyer has in place internal policies and procedures that expressly prohibit its purchase of any High Cost Mortgage Loan.
SECTION 36.    MISCELLANEOUS
(a)    Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument, and any of the parties hereto may execute this Agreement by signing any such counterpart. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement in Portable Document Format (PDF) or by facsimile shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed original counterpart of this Agreement.  The parties agree that this Agreement, any addendum or amendment hereto or any other document necessary for the consummation of the transaction contemplated by this Agreement may be accepted, executed or agreed to through the use of an electronic signature in accordance with the E-Sign, the UETA and any applicable state law.  Any document accepted, executed or agreed to in conformity with such laws will be binding on all parties hereto to the same extent as if it were physically executed and each party hereby consents to the use of any secure third party electronic signature capture service providers, as long as such service providers use system logs and audit trails that establish a temporal and process link between the presentation of identity documents and the electronic signing, together with identifying information that can be used to verify the electronic signature and its attribution to the signer’s identity and evidence of the signer’s agreement to conduct the transaction electronically and of the signer’s execution of each electronic signature.
(b)    Captions.  The captions and headings appearing herein are for included solely for convenience of reference and are not intended to affect the interpretation of any provision of this Agreement.
(c)    Acknowledgment.  Seller, Buyers and Administrative Agent hereby acknowledge that:
(i)    it has been advised by counsel in the negotiation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Facility Documents;
(ii)    Neither the Administrative Agent nor any Buyer has any fiduciary relationship to Seller and the Seller has no fiduciary relationship to the Administrative Agent or any Buyer; and
(iii)    no joint venture exists between the Administrative Agent or any Buyer and Seller.
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(d)    Documents Mutually Drafted.  Each party hereto agrees that this Agreement each other Facility Document prepared in connection with the Transactions set forth herein have been mutually drafted and negotiated by each party, and consequently such documents shall not be construed against either party as the drafter thereof.
(e)    Amendments.  This Agreement and each other Facility Document (other than the TIAA Bank Warehouse Customer Guide) may only be amended by a written instrument signed by all the Buyers, the Administrative Agent, as directed by the Required Buyers, and the Seller; provided that no amendment shall affect the rights or duties hereunder or under any other Facility Document of the Administrative Agent unless in writing executed by the Administrative Agent, the Buyers and the Seller.  The TIAA Bank Warehouse Customer Guide may be amended from time to time without consent or assent by Seller and such amendments shall be effective immediately upon notice to Seller of the change (whether that notice is sent individually or posted to Warehouse Electronic System) and Mortgage Loans sold to the Buyers after the effective date of any such amendment shall be governed by the revised TIAA Bank Warehouse Customer Guide.
In addition, notwithstanding anything in this Section to the contrary, if the Administrative Agent and the Seller shall have jointly identified an obvious error or any error or omission of a technical nature, in each case, in any provision of the Facility Documents, then the Administrative Agent and the Seller shall be permitted to amend such provision, and, in each case, such amendment shall become effective without any further action, direction or consent of any other party to any Facility Document if the same is not objected to in writing by all Buyers to the Administrative Agent within ten Business Days following receipt of notice thereof.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Buyer shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Buyers or each affected Buyer may be effected with the consent of the applicable Buyers other than Defaulting Buyers), except that (x) the Funding Share of any Defaulting Buyer may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Defaulting Buyer and (y) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Buyers or each affected Buyer that by its terms affects any Defaulting Buyer disproportionately adversely relative to other affected Buyers shall require the consent of such Defaulting Buyer.
(f)    Defaulting Buyer(f)    .
(i)    Defaulting Buyer Adjustments.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if any Buyer becomes a Defaulting Buyer, then, until such time as such Buyer is no longer a Defaulting Buyer, to the extent permitted by Requirements of Law:
(A)    Waivers and Amendments.  Such Defaulting Buyer’s right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent with respect to this Agreement or any other Facility Document shall be restricted as set forth in the definition of Required Buyers and Section 36(e).
(B)    Defaulting Buyer Waterfall.  Any payment on the Obligations received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Defaulting Buyer (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity or otherwise) or received by the Administrative Agent from a Defaulting Buyer pursuant to Section 23 shall be applied at such time or times as may be determined by the Administrative Agent as follows:  first, to the payment of any amounts 
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owing by such Defaulting Buyer to the Administrative Agent hereunder; second, as the Seller may request (so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing), to the funding of any Transaction in respect of which such Defaulting Buyer has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as determined by the Administrative Agent; third, if so determined by the Administrative Agent and the Seller, to be held in a deposit account and released pro rata in order to satisfy such Defaulting Buyer’s potential future funding obligations with respect to Transactions under this Agreement; fourth, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Buyers as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Buyer against such Defaulting Buyer as a result of such Defaulting Buyer’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; fifth, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Seller as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Seller against such Defaulting Buyer as a result of such Defaulting Buyer’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; and sixth, to such Defaulting Buyer or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if (x) such payment is a payment of the amount of any Transaction in respect of which such Defaulting Buyer has not fully funded its appropriate share, and (y) such Transaction was funded at a time when the conditions set forth in Section 3(b) were satisfied or waived, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the Obligations related owed to, all Non-Defaulting Buyers on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Obligations owed to, such Defaulting Buyer until such time as all Transactions are held by the Buyers pro rata in accordance with the Buyers’ pro rata share of the Maximum Purchase Amount.  Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Buyer that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a Defaulting Buyer pursuant to this Section shall be deemed paid to and redirected by such Defaulting Buyer, and each Buyer irrevocably consents hereto.
(C)    Certain Fees.  No Defaulting Buyer shall be entitled to receive any fee payable hereunder or under any other Facility Document for any period during which that Buyer is a Defaulting Buyer (and the Seller shall not be required to pay any such fee that otherwise would have been required to have been paid to that Defaulting Buyer).
(D)    Defaulting Buyer Cure.  If the Seller and the Administrative Agent agree in writing that a Buyer is no longer a Defaulting Buyer, the Administrative Agent will so notify the parties hereto, whereupon as of the effective date specified in such notice and subject to any conditions set forth therein, that Buyer will, to the extent applicable, purchase at par that portion of outstanding Transactions of the other Buyers or take such other actions as the Administrative Agent may determine to be necessary to cause the Transactions to be held pro rata by the Buyers in accordance with its Funding Share, whereupon, such Buyer will cease to be a Defaulting Buyer; provided that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of the Seller while that Buyer was a Defaulting Buyer; and provided, further, that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Buyer to Buyer will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Buyer’s having been a Defaulting Buyer.
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SECTION 37.    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 generally accepted accounting principles;
(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 Facility Document (unless expressly specified otherwise) are local times in New York, New York unless otherwise stated; and
(h)    all references herein or in any Facility Document to “good faith” means good faith as defined in Section 1-201(19) of the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York.
SECTION 38.    EXISTING MRA
Effective as of the Effective Date, this Agreement amends, replaces, and restates the Existing MRA in its entirety. The terms and conditions of this Agreement supersede, effective as of the Effective Date, the terms and conditions of the Existing MRA, provided, however, that the obligations incurred under the Existing MRA shall not in any circumstance be terminated, extinguished or discharged hereby but shall hereafter be governed by the terms of this Agreement. This Agreement is not intended to constitute a novation.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have entered into this Agreement as of the date set forth above.
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
TIAA, FSB
By:     /s/ Kate Walton    
Name:  Kate Walton
Title:   Vice President

TIAA, FSB
301 W. Bay Street
Jacksonville, Florida 32202
Attention:  Steve Burse
E-mail:  [***]
Telephone No.:  [***]


with copies to:
TIAA, FSB
618 Chestnut Street
Hinsdale, Illinois 60521
Attention:  Associate General Counsel
E-mail:  [***]
Telephone No.:  [***] 
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
200 Liberty Street
New York, New York 10281
Attention:  Chris Gavin
E-mail:  [***]
Telephone No.:  [***]


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BUYERS:
TIAA, FSB
By:     /s/ Kate Walton    
Name:  Kate Walton
Title:   Vice President

TIAA, FSB
301 W. Bay Street
Jacksonville, Florida 32202
Attention:  [***]
E-mail:  [***]
Telephone No.:  [***]


with copies to:
TIAA, FSB
618 Chestnut Street
Hinsdale, Illinois 60521
Attention:  Associate General Counsel
E-mail:  [***]
Telephone No.:  [***] 
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
200 Liberty Street
New York, New York 10281
Attention:  [***]
E-mail:  [***]
Telephone No.:  [***]


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SIGNATURE BANK
By:     /s/ Ken Logan    
Name:  Ken Logan
Title:   Senior Vice President

Signature Bank
565 Fifth Avenue, 8th Floor
New York, NY 10017
Attention:  [***]
E-mail:  [***]
Telephone No.:  [***]


with copies to:
Signature Bank
565 Fifth Avenue, 8th Floor
New York, NY 10017
Attention:  General Counsel


SELLER:
LOANDEPOT.COM, LLC
By:     /s/ Patrick Flanagan    
Name:  Patrick Flanagan
Title:  CFO
Address for Notices:

loanDepot.com, LLC
26642 Towne Center Drive
Foothill Ranch, California 92610
Attention:  [***]
E-mail: [***]
Telephone No.: [***]


With a copy to:


loanDepot.com, LLC
26642 Towne Center Drive
Foothill Ranch, California 92610
Attention:  General Counsel
E-mail: [***]


    
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SCHEDULE 1
SCHEDULE OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES REGARDING MORTGAGE LOANS 
Seller represents and warrants to the Buyers, with respect to each Mortgage Loan submitted for purchase under the Agreement, that as of the Purchase Date for the purchase of such Mortgage Loans and as of the date of this Agreement and any Transaction hereunder and at all times while the Facility Documents and any Transaction hereunder is in full force and effect, that the following are true and correct.  For purposes of this Schedule 1 and the representations and warranties set forth herein, a breach of a representation or warranty shall be deemed to have been cured with respect to a Mortgage Loan if and when Seller has taken or caused to be taken action such that the event, circumstance or condition that gave rise to such breach no longer adversely affects such Mortgage Loan.  With respect to those representations and warranties which are made to the best of Seller’s knowledge, if it is discovered by Seller, any Buyer or the Administrative Agent that the substance of such representation and warranty is inaccurate, notwithstanding Seller’s lack of knowledge with respect to the substance of such representation and warranty, such inaccuracy shall be deemed a breach of the applicable representation and warranty.  For the purposes of this Schedule 1, Seller agrees that to the extent that any representation or warranty is made to the best of Seller’s knowledge, such qualification shall not be applicable with respect to the acts or omissions of such third party.
A.    Underwriting Guidelines.  Each Mortgage Loan conforms to the specifications set forth by this Agreement, including, but not limited to, the Underwriting Guidelines, any Buyer, Takeout Investor, Agency,  and any insurer regulations, rules, guides and handbooks for loans eligible for sale to, insurance by or pooling to back securities issued or guaranteed by, a Takeout Investor, any Buyer, an Agency, or insurer.  Each Conforming Mortgage Loan is eligible as collateral for Ginnie Mae mortgage backed securities or is eligible for purchase by an Agency. 
B.    Mortgage Loans as Described.  The information set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule is complete, true and correct in all material respects.
C.    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, setoff, 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 Mortgagor was a debtor in any state or federal bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding at, or subsequent to, the time the Mortgage Loan was originated.
D.    Disbursement.  The Mortgage Loan has been closed and, except with respect to, 203K Loans, Homestyle Renovation Mortgage Loans or HomePath Renovation Mortgage Loans, the proceeds of the Mortgage Loan have been fully disbursed, there is no requirement for future advances thereunder, any and all requirements as to completion of any on-site or off-site improvements have been complied with, and any disbursements of any escrow funds have been made.  With respect to HomeStyle Renovation Mortgage Loans and HomePath Renovation Mortgage Loans, Seller has made all advances and disbursements in accordance with the terms of the Mortgage and/or the terms and conditions of the related mortgage loan program, and such additional amounts have been advanced or disbursed from Seller’s own funds and not from the funds representing any Purchase Price paid by Buyer to Seller hereunder.  All costs, fees and expenses incurred in making, or closing the Mortgage Loan and the recording of the Mortgage were paid to the appropriate parties, the mortgage insurance premium or the VA guarantee fee has been paid as applicable, and the Mortgagor is not entitled to any refund of any amounts paid or due under the Mortgage Note or Mortgage.
E.    Payments and Advances.  Seller has not, and to the best of Seller’s knowledge no Person has, advanced funds, or induced, solicited or received any advance of funds by a Person other than the Mortgagor, directly or indirectly, for the payment of any amount required under or to obtain the Mortgage Loan, or any tax, insurance, special assessment, sewer, utility or similar payments with respect 
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to the Mortgaged Property.  The Mortgagor has made any down payment required in connection with the Mortgage Loan, and has received no concession from Seller, the seller of the Mortgaged Property or any other third Person, except as clearly disclosed in the Mortgage File and in writing to the Administrative Agent.  No subordinate financing was used in the Mortgagor’s acquisition of the property securing the Mortgage Loan other than subordinate financing acceptable to the Administrative Agent, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Ginnie Mae, HUD, VA or applicable Takeout Investor pursuant to their requirements in effect at the time of purchase of the Mortgage Loan by Buyers.
F.    Compliance with Requirements of Law.  Any and all Requirements of Law, including, but not limited to, usury, truth in lending, real estate settlement procedures, consumer credit protection, equal credit opportunity, disclosure, unfair and deceptive practices laws, securities laws or privacy laws, applicable to the Mortgage Loan have been satisfied and complied with, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not involve the violation of any Requirements of Law.  Seller shall maintain in its possession, available for the Administrative Agent’s inspection, and shall deliver to the Administrative Agent upon reasonable demand, evidence of compliance with all Requirements of Law.
G.    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 Code, and is in material compliance with applicable Requirements of Law which, if not complied with, could have a material adverse effect on the Mortgaged Property.
H.    Mortgage Insurance.  There are no defenses, counterclaims, or rights of setoff, or other facts or circumstances affecting the eligibility of the Mortgage Loans for insurance by an insurer, or affecting the validity or enforceability of any mortgage insurance or mortgage guaranty with respect to the Mortgage Loan as a result of any act, error or omission of Seller or of any other Person including, but not limited to, the FHA insurance to the extent applicable.  If applicable, the related FHA policy calls for the assignment of the Mortgage Loan to FHA as opposed to the co-insurance option.  If applicable, the entire amount of the insurance premium has been paid to FHA in accordance with the FHA Regulations and no portion of such premium is shared with or by Seller or, if the monthly premium option has been chosen for such Mortgage Loan, all such premiums due on or before the related Purchase Date have been duly and timely paid.
I.    Damage; Condemnation.  There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of the Mortgaged Property and such Mortgaged Property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty so as to affect adversely the value of the Mortgaged Property as security for the Mortgage Loan, the use for which the Mortgaged Property was intended or the eligibility of the Mortgage Loan for full payment of insurance benefits, and there are no pending or threatened proceedings for total or partial condemnation of the Mortgaged Property.  Each Mortgaged Property is in good repair.  Seller has completed any property inspections required by FHA Regulations, other Requirements of Law, and such inspections, if any, show no evidence of property damage or deferred maintenance, unless the property damage and deferred maintenance was considered part of the initial Repair Set Aside Account disclosed in the Mortgage File at closing.
J.    Type of Mortgaged Property.  The Mortgaged Property is located in the state identified in the Mortgage File and consists of a single parcel of real property with a detached single-family residence erected thereon, or a two-to-four-family dwelling, a townhouse, or an individual condominium unit in a condominium, or a Co-op Unit, or an individual unit in a planned unit development, or an individual  or a manufactured home on owned or leased land; provided, however, that any condominium unit, Co-op Project or planned unit development conforms with Takeout Investor and insurer requirements with respect to such dwellings, and that no residence or dwelling is a mobile home.  If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit or a unit in a planned unit development (other than a de minimis planned unit development) or a Co-op Unit such condominium or planned unit development project is (i) acceptable to Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac or (ii) located in a condominium or planned unit development project which has received project approval from Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac.  The representations and warranties required by Fannie Mae with respect to such condominium or planned unit 
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development have been satisfied and remain true and correct.  No portion of the Mortgaged Property is used for commercial purposes provided, that Mortgaged Properties which contain a home office shall not be considered as being used for commercial purposes as long as the Mortgaged Property has not been altered for commercial purposes and is not storing any chemicals or raw materials other than those commonly used for homeowner repair, maintenance and/or household purposes.
K.    Leaseholds.  If the Mortgage Loan is secured by a long term residential lease, (1) the lessor under the lease holds a fee simple interest in the land; (2) the terms of such lease expressly permit the mortgaging of the leasehold estate, the assignment of the lease without the lessor’s consent and the acquisition by the holder of the Mortgage of the rights of the lessee upon foreclosure or assignment in lieu of foreclosure or provide the holder of the Mortgage with substantially similar protections; (3) the terms of such lease do not (a) allow the termination thereof upon the lessee’s default without the holder of the Mortgage being entitled to receive written notice of, and opportunity to cure, such default, (b) allow the termination of the lease in the event of damage or destruction as long as the Mortgage is in existence, (c) prohibit the holder of the Mortgage from being insured (or receiving proceeds of insurance) under the hazard insurance policy or policies relating to the Mortgaged Property or (d) permit any increase in rent other than pre-established increases set forth in the lease; (4) the term of such lease does not terminate earlier than five years after the maturity date of the Mortgage Note; and (5) the Mortgaged Property is located in a jurisdiction in which the use of leasehold estates in transferring ownership in residential properties is a widely accepted practice.
L.    Good Title.  Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Mortgage Loan to the Buyers, the Mortgage Loan is not assigned or pledged, and Seller has good, indefeasible, and marketable title thereto, and Seller is the sole owner and holder of the Mortgage Loan and the indebtedness evidenced by each Mortgage Note (and with respect to any Co-op Loan, the sole owner of the related Assignment of Proprietary Lease), free and clear of any and all Liens, of any nature, and there has been no other sale, transfer, or assignment of security interest granted by the Seller to any other party, nor are there any other restrictions limiting the transfer of the Mortgage Loan, and Seller has full right, title and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, agreement with, or approval of, any other Person, to sell, assign and transfer the Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement and following the sale of each Mortgage Loan, the Buyers will own such Mortgage Loan free and clear of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, Lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest.  Seller intends to relinquish all rights to possess, control and monitor each Mortgage Loan.
M.    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. as of the date hereof or includes provisions which are no less favorable to the lender than those contained in such agreement. 
N.    No Litigation.  There is no pending and, to the knowledge of Seller, no threatened litigation, which may affect in any way, by attachment or otherwise, the title or interest of the Seller in and to the Mortgage Loan, the property securing the Mortgage Loan, or any related note or security instrument.
O.    Mortgage File.  The Mortgage File contains each of the documents and instruments required by the Custodial Agreement and by applicable Requirements of Law or the related Takeout Investor or insurer requirements, duly executed and in due and proper form and each such document or instrument is genuine and in form acceptable to Takeout Investors and insurers and the information contained therein is true, accurate and complete.  The Mortgage Loan was originated in accordance with Takeout Investor and insurer underwriting standards in effect at the time the Mortgage Loan was originated.
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P.    Occupancy; Inspection.  As of the Purchase Date, the Mortgaged Property is lawfully occupied under all applicable Requirements of 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.
Q.    No Outstanding Charges.  There are no defaults in complying with the terms of the Mortgage Loan, and 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 or a tax and insurance set-aside 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.
R.    Original Terms Unmodified.  The terms of the Mortgage Note (and the Proprietary Lease and the Pledge Instruments with respect to each Co-op Loan) and Mortgage have not been impaired, waived, altered or modified in any respect, except by a written instrument that has: (a) been recorded, if necessary to protect the interests of the Buyers; and (b) been delivered to the Custodian.  The substance of any such waiver, alteration or modification has been approved by the issuer of any related mortgage insurance and the title insurer, to the extent required by the policy, and, as applicable, its terms are reflected on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.  No Mortgagor has been released in whole or in part, except in connection with an assumption agreement approved by the issuer of any related private mortgage insurance policy and the title insurer to the extent required by the policy, and which assumption agreement is part of the Mortgage File delivered to the Custodian and the terms of which are reflected in the Mortgage Loan Schedule.
S.    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.
T.    Valid First Lien.  The Mortgage is a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first Lien on 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.  There is no delinquent tax or assessment Lien against the Mortgaged Property, and the Seller has paid all property tax bills.  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 lender’s title insurance policy delivered to the originator of the Mortgage Loan and: (i) referred to or to otherwise considered in the Appraisal relating to the Mortgage Loan; or (ii) that 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.
Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to and delivered in connection with the Mortgage Loan establishes and creates a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first priority Lien on the Mortgaged Property described therein and Seller has full right to sell and assign the same to the Buyers in accordance with the Requirements of Law and any and all 
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contractual obligations.  The Mortgaged Property was not, as of the date of origination of the Mortgage Loan, unless otherwise indicated, subject to a mortgage, deed of trust, deed to secure debt or other security instrument creating a Lien subordinate to the Lien of the Mortgage.
U.    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 the Seller’s security interest in such Co-op Shares.
V.    No Fraud.  The Mortgage Note and the Mortgage and any other agreement executed and delivered by a Mortgagor 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 and the Mortgage and any other related agreement had legal capacity to enter into the Mortgage Loan and to execute and deliver the Mortgage Note and the Mortgage and any other related agreement, and the Mortgage Note and the Mortgage and any other such related agreement have been duly and properly executed by such Persons.  The documents, instruments and agreements submitted for Mortgage Loan underwriting were not falsified and contain no untrue statement of material fact nor do they omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the information and statements therein not misleading.  No fraud, error, omission, misrepresentation, negligence or similar occurrence was committed in connection with the origination of the Mortgage Loan.
W.    Title Insurance.  Each Mortgage Loan is covered by an ALTA lender’s title insurance policy, or with respect to any Mortgage Loan for which the related Mortgaged Property is located in California, a CLTA lender’s title insurance policy, or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance, issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring Seller, its successors and assigns: (a) as to the first priority Lien of the Mortgage; and (b) against any loss by reason of the invalidity or unenforceability of the Lien resulting from the provisions of the Mortgage providing for adjustment in the Mortgage Interest Rate and Monthly Payment with respect to each Adjustable Rate Loan, subject only to the exceptions contained in clauses (a), (b), and (c) of Section T of this Schedule 1.  Where required by state Requirements of Law applicable to Seller, 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.  Seller, and its successors and assigns, are the sole insured of such lender’s title insurance policy, and such lender’s title insurance policy is valid and 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 of the Mortgage, including Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such lender’s title insurance policy.  With respect to each manufactured home, a search for filings of financing statements has been made by a company competent to do same and such search has not found anything that would materially and adversely affect the related Manufactured Housing Mortgage Loan including, but not limited to, the priority of the Lien or perfection of the Manufactured Housing Mortgage Loan.
X.    Hazard Insurance.  For each Mortgage Loan, pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage, all buildings or other improvements upon the Mortgaged Property are insured by an insurer acceptable to the Administrative Agent against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the Mortgaged Property is located, as are provided for by Fannie Mae or by Freddie Mac, as well as all additional requirements set forth in the Underwriting Guidelines.  Mortgagor has obtained coverage in an amount which is at least equal to the full insurable value of the improvements on the Mortgaged Property.  The policy either includes provisions for inflation adjustments or guaranteed replacement cost coverage of the Mortgaged Property.  In the case of flood 
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insurance, Mortgagor has obtained the maximum amount of insurance that is available under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968.  If upon origination of the Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available), a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Insurance Administration is in effect which policy conforms to all Requirements of Law and applicable insurer and Takeout Investor requirements.  All individual insurance policies contain a standard mortgagee clause naming Seller and its successors and assigns as mortgagee, and all premiums thereon have been paid.  The Mortgage obligates the Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor.  Where required by state Requirements of Law applicable to Seller, 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 the common facilities of a planned unit development.  The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Buyers upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.  Seller has not engaged in, and has no knowledge of the Mortgagor’s or any servicer’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.
Y.    No Default.  The  Mortgage Loan is not a Delinquent Mortgage Loan and has not been a Delinquent Mortgage Loan, 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 the Seller, been threatened or commenced with respect to the Co-op Loan.  There is no default, breach, violation or event of acceleration existing under the Mortgage or the Mortgage Note and no event that, 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.  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 the 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.
Z.    No Mechanics’ Liens.  There are no mechanics’ or similar Liens or claims that have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give rise to such Liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property that are or may be Liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the Lien of the related Mortgage.
AA.    Location of Improvements.  All improvements that were considered in determining the Appraised Value of the Mortgaged Property lay 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 law or regulation.
BB.    Customary Provisions.  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: (a) in the case of a Mortgage designated as a deed of trust, by trustee’s sale; and (b) 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 a Mortgagor that would interfere with the right to sell the Mortgaged Property at a trustee’s sale or the right to foreclose the Mortgage.
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CC.    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 Sections T and U of this Schedule 1.
DD.    Deeds of Trust.  In the event the Mortgage constitutes a deed of trust, a trustee, duly qualified under the Requirements of Law and Takeout Investor and insurer requirements 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 Buyers to the trustee under the deed of trust, except in connection with a trustee’s sale after default by the Mortgagor.
EE.    Acceptable Investment.  There are no circumstances or conditions with respect to the Mortgage, the Mortgaged Property, the Mortgagor or the Mortgagor’s credit standing that may cause: (a) private institutional investors or a Takeout Investor to regard the Mortgage Loan as an unacceptable investment; or (b) the Mortgage Loan to become a Delinquent Mortgage Loan or adversely affect the value or marketability of the Mortgage Loan.
FF.    FICO Scores.  Each Mortgage Loan has a non-zero FICO score. 
GG.    Due on Sale.  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.
HH.    Co-op Loans: 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. 
II.    Origination and Collection Practices.  The origination, servicing and collection practices used with respect to the Mortgage Loan have been in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices and the terms of the Mortgage File, the Requirements of Law and any and all contractual obligations of Seller (including those obligations contained in this Agreement), including the FHA Regulations relating to loss mitigation, and Takeout Investor or insurer guidelines, and have been in all respects legal, proper and prudent in the mortgage origination and servicing business. All Mortgage Interest Rate adjustments have been made in compliance with applicable state and federal law and the terms of the related Mortgage and Mortgage Note on the related adjustment date.  Seller executed and delivered any and all notices required under applicable law and the terms of the related Mortgage Note and Mortgage regarding the Mortgage Interest Rate and any payment adjustments.  All advances required to be made under the Mortgage Notes have been made within the time frame therein specified and in accordance with the Mortgage File, FHA Regulations and Requirements of Law. Any interest required to be paid pursuant to applicable state, federal and local law has been properly paid and credited.  The terms of the Mortgage Loan do not require the owner of the Mortgage Loan to make escrow payments on behalf of the Mortgagor.  All escrow deposits and escrow payments, if any, are in the possession of, or under the control of, Seller or Subservicer and have been collected and handled in full compliance with all Requirements of Law and the provisions of the related Mortgage Note and Mortgage, and there exist no deficiencies in connection therewith for which customary arrangements for repayment thereof have not been made. No escrow deposits or escrow payments or other charges or payments due the Seller have been capitalized under the Mortgage Note.
JJ.    Appraisal.  Except for a Mortgage Loan originated with a property inspection waiver, the Mortgage File contains an Appraisal of the related Mortgaged Property signed prior to the approval of the Mortgage Loan application 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 Title XI of the Federal Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 and the regulations promulgated thereunder, and all Requirements of Law and Takeout Investor or insurer requirements, each as in effect on the date the 
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Mortgage Loan was originated.  Seller has no knowledge of any circumstances or condition which might indicate that the Appraisal is incomplete or inaccurate.  In addition, the Appraisal was prepared in accordance with USPAP Guidelines.  The appraiser for the Mortgage Loan was duly licensed or certified under the applicable law where the Mortgage Loan was originated, and for each Government Mortgage Loan was acceptable to the FHA or VA, as applicable, and for each Conventional Mortgage Loan was acceptable to Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and/or the Takeout Investor, as applicable.  The Seller will maintain documentation evidencing each appraiser’s qualification and licensing or certification, which will promptly be provided to the Administrative Agent upon request.
KK.    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 or any similar state statute or regulation.
LL.    Environmental Matters.  There is no pending action or proceeding directly involving the Mortgaged Property in which compliance with any environmental law, rule or regulation is an issue. To the best of Seller’s knowledge, there exists no violation of any local, state or federal environmental law, rule or regulation.
MM.    No Denial of Insurance.  No action, inaction, or event has occurred and no state of fact exists or has existed that has resulted or will result in the exclusion from, denial of, or defense to coverage under any applicable pool insurance policy, special hazard insurance policy, private mortgage insurance or other mortgage insurance policy, including, but not limited to FHA mortgage insurance, or bankruptcy bond, irrespective of the cause of such failure of coverage.
NN.    Conversion to Fixed Interest Rate.  With respect to each Adjustable Rate Loan, the Mortgage Note does not contain a provision permitting or requiring conversion to a fixed interest rate Mortgage Loan.
OO.    [RESERVED].
PP.    Flood Certification Contract.  Seller has obtained a life of loan, transferable flood certification contract for each Mortgage Loan with an Approved Flood Policy Insurer, and such contract is assignable to the Buyers, and their successors and assigns, without cost.
QQ.    Underwriting and Origination.  The Mortgage Loan was completely underwritten and originated by Seller.
RR.    Reserved.
SS.    MERS/Assignment of Mortgage.  Either (a) such Mortgage Loan meets the definition of MERS Designated Loan in the Electronic Tracking Agreement, was properly registered in the MERS System at the time of its origination and has continuously remained so registered, and has MERS as the record mortgagee or beneficiary or (b) Seller has delivered (or will deliver by the Wet Delivery Deadline) to Custodian a duly executed Assignment of Mortgage (provided that the delivery of an Assignment of Mortgage shall be available solely with respect to any Mortgage Loan for which the relevant State Agency Program Loan or Government Mortgage Loan guidelines do not allow for the use of the MERS System).
TT.    Repairs and Improvements.  All repairs or improvements which if not made would result in the loss of any insurance coverage, including FHA insurance, on the related Mortgaged Property have been made to such Mortgaged Property, or set-aside amounts for such repairs or improvements have been included in the related Mortgage and Mortgage Note, all in compliance with the Requirements of Law, including, but not limited to, the applicable requirements of FHA Regulations.  Except as otherwise disclosed in writing to the Administrative Agent, any repairs for which an advance has been made were completed and passed an inspection in accordance with the FHA Regulations.
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UU.    Interest Calculation.  Interest on each Mortgage Loan is calculated in accordance with the related Mortgage Note and the Requirements of Law, including, but not limited to, the applicable FHA Regulations.  None of the Mortgage Loans provide for simple interest calculation.
VV.    Construction or Rehabilitation of Mortgaged Property.  Either (i) the Mortgage Loan was not made in connection with the construction or rehabilitation of a Mortgaged Property or facilitating the trade-in or exchange of a Mortgaged Property or (ii) the Mortgaged Property has a certificate of completion if such Mortgage Loan was made in connection with the construction or rehabilitation of the related Mortgaged Property.
WW.    Qualified Mortgage.  The Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended .
XX.    FEMA Designations.  Except as otherwise disclosed in writing to the Administrative Agent, no Mortgaged Property (i) is in a zip code declared by the Federal Emergency Management Agency or any successor agency (“FEMA”) as a federal disaster area and (ii) has been declared by FEMA as being an “Individual Assistance” property or “Category 1” property (or such similar term(s) or classification(s) that may be used by FEMA from time to time) .
YY.    Credit Information.  As to each consumer report (as defined in the Fair Credit Reporting Act, Public Law 91-508) or other credit information furnished by the Seller to the Administrative Agent in connection with a Mortgage Loan, Seller has full right and authority and is not precluded by law or contract from furnishing such information to the Administrative Agent and its designee and, to the best of Seller’s knowledge, the Administrative Agent is not precluded from furnishing the same to any subsequent or prospective purchaser of such Mortgage Loan.
ZZ.    Predatory Lending Regulations.  No Mortgage Loan is a High Cost Mortgage Loan.  No predatory or deceptive lending practices, including, without limitation, the extension of credit without regard to the ability of the Mortgagor to repay and the extension of credit which has no apparent benefit to the Mortgagor, were employed in the origination of the Mortgage Loan.
AAA.    Compliance with Anti-Money Laundering Laws.  Seller has complied with all applicable anti-money laundering laws and regulations, including without limitation the USA Patriot Act of 2001 (collectively, the “Anti-Money Laundering Laws”) with respect to the Mortgage Loans; Seller has established an anti-money laundering compliance program as required by the Anti-Money Laundering Laws, has conducted the requisite due diligence in connection with the origination of each Mortgage Loan for purposes of the Anti-Money Laundering Laws as applicable as of the origination date, including with respect to the legitimacy of the applicable Mortgagor and the origin of the assets used by the said Mortgagor to purchase the property in question, and maintains, and will maintain, sufficient information to identify the applicable Mortgagor for purposes of the Anti-Money Laundering Laws.
BBB.    Purchase of Insurance.  No Mortgagor was required to purchase any credit life, disability, accident or health insurance product as a condition of obtaining the extension of credit.  No Mortgagor obtained a prepaid single-premium credit life, disability, accident or health insurance policy in connection with the origination of the Mortgage Loan.  No proceeds from any Mortgage Loan were used to purchase single premium credit insurance policies as part of the origination of, or as a condition to closing, such Mortgage Loan.
CCC.    Governmental Requirements.  Each Government Mortgage Loan conforms with all applicable FHA or VA underwriting, lending, selling and servicing requirements and with all Ginnie Mae requirements for the inclusion of the Mortgage Loan in a Ginnie Mae mortgage-backed security pool, and the Seller will comply with all documentation requirements of the Administrative Agent and the document custodian within the time limitations described in the Facility Documents.  If a Takeout Commitment requires the Mortgage Loan to be FHA-insured, the Mortgage Loan is fully eligible for FHA insurance and is, or within 60 days after disbursement of the proceeds by the Seller will be, fully insured by the FHA.  If a Takeout Commitment requires the Mortgage Loan to be guaranteed by VA, the Mortgage Loan is fully-eligible for VA guaranty, and is, or within 60 days after disbursement of the proceeds by the Seller will be, fully guaranteed by VA.
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DDD.    Conventional Mortgage Loan Requirements.  Each Conventional Mortgage Loan conforms with all applicable requirements of the Administrative Agent, Agencies or applicable Takeout Investor, including, but not limited to, all requirements for the inclusion of such Conventional Mortgage Loans in any pool of loans or private security as designated by the Administrative Agent, Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, and each Conventional Mortgage Loan conforms with all pooling requirements of the Agency or Takeout Investor.  If a Takeout Commitment requires the Mortgage Loan to be insured by a policy of private mortgage insurance, the Mortgage Loan is fully eligible and qualified to be insured by such policy of private mortgage insurance, such policy is in full force and effect, and no event or condition exists which could give rise to or result in a revocation of or defense to the policy.
EEE.    No Buydown Provisions; No Graduated Payments or Contingent Interests.  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.
FFF.    Regarding the Mortgagor.  The Mortgagor is one or more natural persons and/or trustees for an Illinois land trust or a trustee under a “living trust” and such “living trust” is in compliance with Fannie Mae guidelines for such trusts.  
GGG.     High Interest Rate Credit/Lending Transactions.  The Mortgage Loan is not subject to section 226.32 of Regulation Z or any similar state Requirements of Law (relating to high interest rate credit/lending transactions). 
HHH.    eNote Legend.  If the Mortgage Loan is an eMortgage Loan, the related eNote contains the Agency-Required eNote Legend.
III.    eNotes.  With respect to each eMortgage Loan, the related eNote satisfies all of the following criteria: 
(a)    the eNote bears a digital or electronic signature;
(b)    the Hash Value of the eNote indicated in the MERS eRegistry matches the Hash Value of the eNote as reflected in the eVault;
(c)    here is a single Authoritative Copy of the eNote, as applicable and within the meaning of Section 9-105 of the UCC or Section 16 of the UETA, as applicable, that is held in the eVault;
(d)    the Location status of the eNote on the MERS eRegistry reflects the MERS Org ID of the Custodian;
(e)    the Controller status of the eNote on the MERS eRegistry reflects the MERS Org ID of Administrative Agent;
(f)    the Delegatee status of the eNote on the MERS eRegistry reflects the MERS Org ID of Custodian;
(g)    the Servicing Agent status of the eNote on the MERS eRegistry reflects the MERS Org ID of Servicer or Seller;
(h)    there is no Control Failure, eNote Replacement Failure or Unauthorized Servicing Agent Modification with respect to such eNote;
(i)    the eNote is a valid and enforceable Transferable Record or comprises “electronic chattel paper” within the meaning of the UCC;
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(j)    there is no defect with respect to the eNote that would result in Administrative Agent having less than full rights, benefits and defenses of “Control” (within the meaning of the UETA or the UCC, as applicable) of the Transferable Record; and
(k)    there is no paper copy of the eNote in existence nor has the eNote been papered-out.


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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF OPINIONS


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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF SERVICER NOTICE
[Date]
[________________], as Servicer
[ADDRESS]
Attention:  ___________
Re:    Amended and Restated Master Repurchase Agreement, dated as of November 15, 2021 (the “Agreement”), by and among loanDepot.com, LLC (the “Seller”), TIAA, FSB (“TIAA Bank”), formally known as EverBank, as a buyer and as administrative agent, and Signature Bank, as a Buyer (together with TIAA Bank, the “Buyers”).


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 Agreement, the Servicer is hereby notified that Seller has sold and pledged to the Buyers certain mortgage loans which are serviced by Servicer.
Upon receipt of a notice of an event of default under the Agreement (a “Notice of Event of Default”) from the Administrative Agent in which the Administrative Agent shall identify the mortgage loans which are then owned by and/or pledged to Buyers under the 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 the Buyers, and remit such collections in accordance with the Administrative Agent’s written instructions.  Following such Notice of Event of Default, Servicer shall follow the instructions of the Administrative Agent with respect to the Mortgage Loans, and shall deliver to the Administrative Agent any information with respect to the Mortgage Loans reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or which Servicer is obligated to provide to Seller.
In addition, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Servicing Agreement, the Administrative Agent may terminate the Servicing Agreement, as pertaining to the Mortgage Loans, without payment of any penalty or termination fee, in which event the Servicer shall cooperate, at no cost to the Buyers, in transferring the servicing of the Mortgage Loans to a successor servicer appointed by the 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 the 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.
Please acknowledge receipt of this instruction letter by signing in the signature block below and forwarding an executed copy to the Administrative Agent promptly upon receipt.  Any notices to the Administrative Agent or the Buyers should be delivered to the following addresses: TIAA, FSB, 
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[______________], [___________________], Attention:  _____________; Telephone: (___) ___-____; Facsimile:  (___) ___-____.
Very truly yours,
[____________________]
By:        
Name:
Title:
ACKNOWLEDGED:
[__________________],
    as Servicer




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EXHIBIT C
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that, effective as of the []th day of [__], 2021, loanDepot.com, LLC (the “Seller”) hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints TIAA, FSB (“TIAA Bank”), formerly known as EverBank, as administrative agent (the “Administrative Agent”) for the Buyers, 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 the Administrative Agent’s discretion:
(a)    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 (the “Repurchase Assets”) conveyed to the Administrative Agent under the Amended and Restated Master Repurchase Agreement dated as of November 15, 2021, between Seller, the Administrative Agent and TIAA Bank, as a buyer, and Signature Bank, as a buyer, 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 the Administrative Agent for the purpose of collecting any and all such moneys due with respect to any other Repurchase Assets whenever payable;
(b)    to pay or discharge taxes and Liens levied or placed on or threatened against the Repurchase Assets;
(c)    to direct any party liable for any payment under any Repurchase Assets to make payment of any and all moneys due or to become due thereunder directly to the Administrative Agent or as the Administrative Agent shall direct;
(d)    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 Repurchase Assets;
(e)    to sign and endorse any invoices, assignments, verifications, notices and other documents in connection with any Repurchase Assets;
(f)    to commence and prosecute any suits, actions or proceedings at law or in equity in any court of competent jurisdiction to collect the Repurchase Assets or any proceeds thereof and to enforce any other right in respect of any Repurchase Assets;
(g)    to defend any suit, action or proceeding brought against Seller with respect to any Repurchase Assets;
(h)    to settle, compromise or adjust any suit, action or proceeding described in clause (g) above and, in connection therewith, to give such discharges or releases as the Administrative Agent may deem appropriate; and
(i)    generally, to sell, transfer, pledge and make any agreement with respect to or otherwise deal with any Repurchase Assets as fully and completely as though the Administrative Agent were the absolute owner thereof for all purposes, and to do, at the Administrative Agent’s option and Seller’s expense, at any time, and from time to time, all acts and things which the Administrative Agent deems necessary to protect, preserve or realize upon the Repurchase Assets and the Administrative Agent’s Liens thereon and to effect the intent of this Agreement, all as fully and effectively as Seller might do; to effectuate a transfer of servicing with respect to the Repurchase Assets; and for the purpose of carrying out the transfer of servicing with respect to the Repurchase Assets and Mortgage Loans from Seller to a successor servicer appointed by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion and to take any and all appropriate action and to execute any and all documents and instruments which may be necessary or desirable to accomplish such transfer of servicing, and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Seller hereby gives the 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-
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bye” letters to all mortgagors under the Repurchase Assets and Mortgage Loans, transferring the servicing of the Repurchase Assets and Mortgage Loans to a successor servicer appointed by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion.
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.
Any capitalized term used but not defined herein shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Agreement.
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 BUYER ON ITS OWN BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF BUYER’S ASSIGNS, HEREBY AGREES TO INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS ANY SUCH THIRD PARTY FROM AND AGAINST ANY AND ALL CLAIMS THAT MAY ARISE AGAINST SUCH THIRD PARTY BY REASON OF SUCH THIRD PARTY HAVING RELIED ON THE PROVISIONS OF THIS INSTRUMENT.


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IN WITNESS WHEREOF Seller has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed and Seller’s seal to be affixed as of the date first above written.
LOANDEPOT.COM, LLC
By:      _______________________________
Name:
Title:






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STATE OF TEXAS    )
    )    ss.:
COUNTY OF     )
On the ____ day of [__], 2021 before me, a Notary Public in and for said State, personally appeared                 , known to me to be the                  of loanDepot.com, LLC, the entity that executed the within instrument and also known to me to be the person who executed it on behalf of said entity, and acknowledged to me that such entity 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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