UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10‐K

 

(Mark one)

/X/ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 

    For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015  OR

// TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 

**For the transition period from              to             ** 

 

 

Commission file number of the issuing entity: 333-171508-06

 

Central Index Key Number of the issuing entity: 0001575190

 

GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2013-GCJ12

(exact name of the issuing entity as specified in its charter)

 

Central Index Key Number of the depositor: 0001004158

 

GS Mortgage Securities Corporation II

(exact name of the depositor as specified in its charter)

 

Central Index Key Number of the sponsor: 0001541502

 

Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company

(exact name of the sponsor as specified in its charter)

 

Central Index Key Number of the sponsor: 0001541001

 

Citigroup Global Markets Realty Corp.

(exact name of the sponsor as specified in its charter)

 

Central Index Key Number of the sponsor: 0001555524

 

Jefferies LoanCore LLC

(exact name of the sponsor as specified in its charter)

 

Central Index Key Number of the sponsor: 0001576832

 

MC-Five Mile Commercial Mortgage Finance LLC

**(exact name of the sponsor as specified in its charter)** 

 

Central Index Key Number of the sponsor: 0001548405

(The CIK provided is associated with Starwood Mortgage Capital LLC, the parent of the sponsor, which acts as securitizer for purposes of Rule 15Ga-1)

Starwood Mortgage Funding I LLC

(exact name of the sponsor as specified in its charter)

(formerly known as Archetype Mortgage Funding I LLC)

 

| New York(State or other jurisdiction of  incorporation or organization of the issuing entity) | 38-3906824

38-3906825(I.R.S. Employer  Identification Numbers) |
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c/o Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

as Certificate Administrator

9062 Old Annapolis Road

 Columbia, MD 

(Address of principal executive offices of the issuing entity)

 

21045

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 

**(212) 902**-**1000**

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None.

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None.

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. / /Yes /X/ No

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. / /Yes /X/ No

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. /X/Yes / / No

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (Section 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).

 

   Not applicable.

 

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (Section 229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.

 

   Not applicable.

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer”, “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer / /                                                                                          Accelerated filer / / Non-accelerated filer /X/ (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)                Smaller reporting company / /

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). / /Yes /X/ No

 

State the aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates computed by reference to the price at which the common equity was last sold, or the average bid and asked price of such common equity, as of the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter.

 

   Not applicable.

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed all documents and reports required to be filed by Section 12, 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 subsequent to the distribution of securities under a plan confirmed by a court. / /Yes / / No 

   Not applicable.

 

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the registrant’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.

 

   Not applicable.

 

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

 

List hereunder the following documents if incorporated by reference and the Part of the Form 10-K (e.g., Part I, Part II, etc.) into which the document is incorporated: (1) Any annual report to security holders; (2) Any proxy or information statement; and (3) Any prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) or (c) under the Securities Act of 1933. The listed documents should be clearly described for identification purposes (e.g., annual report to security holders for fiscal year ended December 24, 1980).

 

   Not applicable.

 

**EXPLANATORY NOTES** 

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas acts as trustee of the mortgage loans serviced under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.  The trustee is required to provide an assessment of compliance with applicable servicing criteria solely with respect to Item 1122(d)(2)(iii) of Regulation AB (regarding advances of funds or guarantees regarding collections, cash flows or distributions, and any interest or other fees charged for such advances, are made, reviewed and approved as specified in the transaction agreements). However, during the reporting period, the trustee did not perform any servicing function with respect to the servicing criteria specified in Item 1122(d)(2)(iii).  The master servicer or the special servicer, to the extent required, performed the servicing function identified with respect to Item 1122(d)(2)(iii), and each such party included Item 1122(d)(2)(iii) in the assessment of compliance with applicable servicing criteria and accountant’s attestation report for the subject transaction.  As a result, consistent with industry practice, this Annual Report on Form 10-K does not include an assessment of compliance with applicable servicing criteria of the trustee.

 

This Annual Report on Form 10-K includes assessments of compliance with applicable servicing criteria and accountants’ attestation reports from CoreLogic Commercial Real Estate Services, Inc. and National Tax Search, LLC. These entities were engaged by the master servicer of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to remit tax payments received from the escrow accounts of borrowers to local taxing authorities, to report tax amounts due, to verify tax parcel information, and to verify non-escrow tax payments. These services are included within the servicing criteria set forth in Items 1122(d)(4)(xi) and 1122(d)(4)(xii). Therefore, under the principles-based definition of “servicer” set forth in Item 1101(j) that looks to the functions that an entity performs, these vendors are “servicers” for the purposes of Item 1122. *See* Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations, Section 301.01 (Item 1101(j)).

 

| PART I

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| Item 1.        | Business. |
|                     | Omitted. |
| Item 1A.       | Risk Factors. |
|                     | Omitted. |
| Item 1B.       | Unresolved Staff Comments. |
|                     | None. |
| Item 2.        | Properties. |
|                     | Omitted. |
| Item 3.        | Legal Proceedings. |
|                     | Omitted. |
| Item 4.        | Mine Safety Disclosures. |
|                     | Not applicable. |
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| PART II

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| Item 5.         | Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities. |
|                      | Omitted. |
| Item 6.         | Selected Financial Data. |
|                      | Omitted. |
| Item 7.         | Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations. |
|                      | Omitted. |
| Item 7A.        | Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk. |
|                      | Omitted. |
| Item 8.         | Financial Statements and Supplementary Data. |
|                      | Omitted. |
| Item 9.         | Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure. |
|                      | Omitted. |
| Item 9A.        | Controls and Procedures. |
|                      | Omitted. |
| Item 9B.        | Other Information. |
|                      | None. |
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| PART III

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| Item 10.         | Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance. |
|                       | Omitted. |
| Item 11.         | Executive Compensation. |
|                       | Omitted. |
| Item 12.         | Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters. |
|                       | Omitted. |
| Item 13.         | Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence. |
|                       | Omitted. |
| Item 14.         | Principal Accounting Fees and Services. |
|                       | Omitted. |
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ADDITIONAL DISCLOSURE ITEMS FOR REGULATION AB

 

Item 1112(b) of Regulation AB, Significant Obligor Financial Information.

 

No single obligor represents 10% or more of the pool assets held by the issuing entity.

 

Item 1114(b)(2) of Regulation AB, Significant Enhancement Provider Financial Information.

 

No entity or group of affiliated entities provides any external credit enhancement or other support for the certificates within this transaction as described under Item 1114(a) of Regulation AB.

 

Item 1115(b) of Regulation AB, Certain Derivatives Instruments (Financial Information).

 

No entity or group of affiliated entities provides any derivative instruments or other support for the certificates within this transaction as described under Item 1115 of Regulation AB.

 

**Item 1117 of Regulation AB, Legal Proceedings.** 

The registrant knows of no material pending legal proceeding involving the trust or any party related to the trust, other than routine litigation incidental to the duties of those respective parties, and the following, with respect to Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as certificate administrator and custodian:

On June 18, 2014, a group of investors, including funds managed by Blackrock Advisors, LLC, PIMCO-Advisors, L.P., and others, filed a derivative action against Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas (“DBTCA”) and Deutsche Bank National Trust Company (“DBNTC”)  in New York State Supreme Court purportedly on behalf of and for the benefit of 544 private-label RMBS trusts asserting claims for alleged violations of the U.S. Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (TIA), breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty and negligence based on DBNTC and DBTCA’s alleged failure to perform their duties as trustees for the trusts. Plaintiffs subsequently dismissed their state court complaint and filed a derivative and class action complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of and for the benefit of 564 private-label RMBS trusts, which substantially overlapped with the trusts at issue in the state court action. The complaint alleges that the trusts at issue have suffered total realized collateral losses of U.S. $89.4 billion, but the complaint does not include a demand for money damages in a sum certain. DBNTC and DBTCA filed a motion to dismiss, and on January 19, 2016, the court partially granted the motion on procedural grounds: as to the 500 trusts that are governed by Pooling and Servicing Agreements, the court declined to exercise jurisdiction. The court did not rule on substantive defenses asserted in the motion to dismiss as to the 64 trusts formed under indentures for which it retained jurisdiction.  Instead, the court ordered plaintiffs to file an amended complaint as to those indenture trusts. On February 23, 2016, plaintiffs filed an amended complaint as to 62 of the 64 indenture trusts included in the original U.S. District Court complaint. DBNTC and DBTCA will have an opportunity to file new defensive motions with respect to this amended complaint. It is anticipated that plaintiffs will, in the near future, file a new state court complaint as to some or all of the 500 trusts governed by Pooling and Servicing Agreements which were dismissed from the U.S. District Court action.  

On December 30, 2015, IKB International, S.A. and IKB Deutsche Industriebank A.G. filed a Summons With Notice in New York state court naming as defendants DBNTC and DBTCA, as trustees of 37 RMBS trusts (the “IKB Action”).  The claims in the IKB Action appear to be substantively similar to the SDNY Action.  The IKB Action is not styled as a putative class action, but may attempt to bring derivative claims on behalf of the named RMBS Trusts.  DBTCA intends to vigorously defend the IKB Action.

DBTCA has no pending legal proceedings (including, based on DBTCA's present evaluation, the litigation disclosed in the foregoing paragraphs) that would materially affect its ability to perform its duties as Trustee under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for this transaction.

On June 18, 2014, a group of institutional investors filed a civil complaint in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County, against Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., in its capacity as trustee under 276 residential mortgage backed securities (“RMBS”) trusts, which was later amended on July 18, 2014, to increase the number of trusts to 284 RMBS trusts.  On November 24, 2014, the plaintiffs filed a motion to voluntarily dismiss the state court action without prejudice.  That same day, a group of institutional investors filed a civil complaint in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (the “District Court”) against Wells Fargo Bank, alleging claims against the bank in its capacity as trustee for 274 RMBS trusts (the “Complaint”). In December 2014, the plaintiffs’ motion to voluntarily dismiss their original state court action was granted.  As with the prior state court action, the Complaint is one of six similar complaints filed contemporaneously against RMBS trustees (Deutsche Bank, Citibank, HSBC, Bank of New York Mellon and US Bank) by a group of institutional investor plaintiffs.  The Complaint against Wells Fargo Bank alleges that the trustee caused losses to investors and asserts causes of action based upon, among other things, the trustee's alleged failure to (i) enforce repurchase obligations of mortgage loan sellers for purported breaches of representations and warranties, (ii) notify investors of alleged events of default purportedly caused by breaches by mortgage loan servicers, and (iii) abide by appropriate standards of care following alleged events of default. Relief sought includes money damages in an unspecified amount, reimbursement of expenses, and equitable relief.  Other cases (collectively, the “Additional Complaints”) alleging similar causes of action have been filed against Wells Fargo Bank and other trustees in the same court by RMBS investors in these and other transactions, and these cases have been consolidated before the same judge. On January 19, 2016, an order was entered in connection with the Complaint in which the District Court declined to exercise jurisdiction over 261 trusts at issue in the Complaint; the District Court also allowed Plaintiffs to file amended complaints if they so chose, and three amended complaints have been filed. There can be no assurances as to the outcome of the litigation, or the possible impact of the litigation on the trustee or the RMBS trusts. However, Wells Fargo Bank denies liability and believes that it has performed its obligations under the RMBS trusts in good faith, that its actions were not the cause of any losses to investors, and that it has meritorious defenses, and it intends to contest the plaintiffs’ claims vigorously.

 

Item 1119 of Regulation AB, Affiliations and Certain Relationships and Related Transactions.

 

The information regarding this Item has been previously provided in a prospectus supplement of the Registrant relating to the issuing entity filed on May 29, 2013 pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5).

 

Item 1122 of Regulation AB, Compliance with Applicable Servicing Criteria.

 

The reports on assessments of compliance with the servicing criteria for asset-backed securities and related attestation reports on such assessments of compliance with respect to the mortgage loans are attached hereto under Item 15 to this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Attached as Exhibit O to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement incorporated by reference as Exhibit 4 to this Annual Report on Form 10-K is a chart identifying the entities participating in a servicing function for the transaction responsible for each applicable servicing criteria set forth in Item 1122(d).

 

Item 1123 of Regulation AB, Servicer Compliance Statement.

 

The servicer compliance statements are attached as Exhibits to this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

 

PART IV

 

Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules

 

(a) The following is a list of documents filed as part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K:

 

(1) Not applicable

 

(2) Not applicable

 

(3) See below

 

4 Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2013, by and among GS Mortgage Securities Corporation II, as Depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC, as Special Servicer, Situs Holdings, LLC, as Operating Advisor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee (filed as Exhibit 4 to the registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 30, 2013 under Commission File No. 333-171508-06 and incorporated by reference herein).

 

10.1 Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2013, between GS Mortgage Securities Corporation II and Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 30, 2013 under Commission File No. 333-171508-06 and incorporated by reference herein)

 

10.2 Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2013, between GS Mortgage Securities Corporation II and Citigroup Global Markets Realty Corp. (filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 30, 2013 under Commission File No. 333-171508-06 and incorporated by reference herein)

 

10.3 Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2013, between GS Mortgage Securities Corporation II and Jefferies LoanCore LLC (filed as Exhibit 10.5 to the registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 30, 2013 under Commission File No. 333-171508-06 and incorporated by reference herein)

 

10.4 Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2013, between GS Mortgage Securities Corporation II and MC-Five Mile Commercial Mortgage Finance LLC (filed as Exhibit 10.4 to the registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 30, 2013 under Commission File No. 333-171508-06 and incorporated by reference herein)

 

10.5 Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2013, between GS Mortgage Securities Corporation II and Archetype Mortgage Funding I LLC (filed as Exhibit 10.3 to the registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 30, 2013 under Commission File No. 333-171508-06 and incorporated by reference herein)

 

31 Rule 13a-14(d)/15d-14(d) Certifications.

 

33 Reports on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities.

| 33.1 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer                         |
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| 33.2 Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC, as Special Servicer                                  |
| 33.3 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator               |
| 33.4 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Custodian                               |
| 33.5 Situs Holdings, LLC, as Operating Advisor                                          |
| 33.6 CoreLogic Commercial Real Estate Services, Inc., as Servicing Function Participant |
| 33.7 National Tax Search, LLC, as Servicing Function Participant                        |

 

34 Attestation reports on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities.

| 34.1 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer                         |
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| 34.2 Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC, as Special Servicer                                  |
| 34.3 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator               |
| 34.4 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Custodian                               |
| 34.5 Situs Holdings, LLC, as Operating Advisor                                          |
| 34.6 CoreLogic Commercial Real Estate Services, Inc., as Servicing Function Participant |
| 34.7 National Tax Search, LLC, as Servicing Function Participant                        |

 

35 Servicer compliance statements.

| 35.1 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer           |
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| 35.2 Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC, as Special Servicer                    |
| 35.3 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator |

 

(b) The exhibits required to be filed by the Registrant pursuant to Item 601 of Regulation S-K are listed above and in the Exhibit Index that immediately follows the signature page hereof.

 

(c) Not Applicable.

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

GS Mortgage Securities Corporation II

(Depositor)

 

/s/ Leah Nivison

Leah Nivison, Chief Executive Officer

(senior officer in charge of securitization of the depositor)

 

Date: March 23, 2016

 

 

Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit No.

 

4 Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2013, by and among GS Mortgage Securities Corporation II, as Depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC, as Special Servicer, Situs Holdings, LLC, as Operating Advisor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee (filed as Exhibit 4 to the registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 30, 2013 under Commission File No. 333-171508-06 and incorporated by reference herein).

 

10.1 Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2013, between GS Mortgage Securities Corporation II and Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 30, 2013 under Commission File No. 333-171508-06 and incorporated by reference herein)

 

10.2 Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2013, between GS Mortgage Securities Corporation II and Citigroup Global Markets Realty Corp. (filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 30, 2013 under Commission File No. 333-171508-06 and incorporated by reference herein)

 

10.3 Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2013, between GS Mortgage Securities Corporation II and Jefferies LoanCore LLC (filed as Exhibit 10.5 to the registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 30, 2013 under Commission File No. 333-171508-06 and incorporated by reference herein)

 

10.4 Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2013, between GS Mortgage Securities Corporation II and MC-Five Mile Commercial Mortgage Finance LLC (filed as Exhibit 10.4 to the registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 30, 2013 under Commission File No. 333-171508-06 and incorporated by reference herein)

 

10.5 Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2013, between GS Mortgage Securities Corporation II and Archetype Mortgage Funding I LLC (filed as Exhibit 10.3 to the registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 30, 2013 under Commission File No. 333-171508-06 and incorporated by reference herein)

 

31 Rule 13a-14(d)/15d-14(d) Certifications.

 

33 Reports on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities.

| 33.1 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer                         |
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| 33.2 Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC, as Special Servicer                                  |
| 33.3 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator               |
| 33.4 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Custodian                               |
| 33.5 Situs Holdings, LLC, as Operating Advisor                                          |
| 33.6 CoreLogic Commercial Real Estate Services, Inc., as Servicing Function Participant |
| 33.7 National Tax Search, LLC, as Servicing Function Participant                        |

 

34 Attestation reports on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities.

| 34.1 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer                         |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 34.2 Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC, as Special Servicer                                  |
| 34.3 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator               |
| 34.4 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Custodian                               |
| 34.5 Situs Holdings, LLC, as Operating Advisor                                          |
| 34.6 CoreLogic Commercial Real Estate Services, Inc., as Servicing Function Participant |
| 34.7 National Tax Search, LLC, as Servicing Function Participant                        |

 

35 Servicer compliance statements.

| 35.1 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer           |
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| 35.2 Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC, as Special Servicer                    |
| 35.3 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator |